Try to install my Brother HL-3140CW led printer with CUPS

[wimduk]

Dear reader,

I tried to get my Brother HL-3140CW led printer working on my Raspberry-PI4, but until now without success.

1. Installed CUPS on Dietpi during installation with “sudo dietpi-software install 29 105 113 187”
2. Found “brother_hl3140cw_printer_en.ppd” file on the internet
3. Installed the printer with CUPS. Cups reported the printer was added successfully.
4. Printed test page, but no output.
5. Because ppd-files are not longer supported I decided to install the printer with the IPP option. The printer started to print
   continuously (no text was printed) so I had to switch the printer off.
6. I decided to delete the printer and to start from scratch with the ppd option and to document the installation process.
   7 The ppd installation log file
   
   
   
   
   is as pdf included in this troubleshoot report.

Many thanks in advance for your support,
Regards wimduk

Troubleshoot information

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Required Information

• DietPi version | G_DIETPI_VERSION_CORE=9, G_DIETPI_VERSION_SUB=3, G_DIETPI_VERSION_RC=0, G_GITBRANCH=‘master’, G_GITOWNER=‘MichaIng’
• Distro version | bookworm 0
• Kernel version | Linux rasp-4GB 6.1.21-v8+ #1642 SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr 3 17:24:16 BST 2023 aarch64 GNU/Linux
• Architecture | arm64
• SBC model | RPi 4 Model B (aarch64)

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Required Information

• DietPi version | cat /boot/dietpi/.version
• Distro version | echo $G_DISTRO_NAME $G_RASPBIAN
• Kernel version | uname --all
• Architecture | dpkg --print-architecture
• SBC model | echo $G_HW_MODEL_NAME or (EG: RPi3)
• Power supply used | (EG: 5V 1A RAVpower)
• SD card used | (EG: SanDisk ultra)

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• Was the software title installed freshly or updated/migrated?
• Can this issue be replicated on a fresh installation of DietPi?
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• Bug report ID | echo $G_HW_UUID

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[dietgerhard]

Had a similar problem with a Brother HL-L2360D; solution was a deb file from Brother to install the Printer. Maybe a solution for your Brother https://support.brother.com/g/b/branch/downloadlist.aspx?c=de&lang=de&prod=hl3140cw_us_eu&os=128&flang=English#SelectLanguageType-625_0_1

[wimduk]

Thank you very much for your reply, I’ll will try it asap and let you know the results.
Regards wimduk

[wimduk]

Good morning dietgerhard,

First of all I have to apologize for my late response.
For personal reasons I was offline for a longer period.

For what my Brother printer is concerned, the following:
I followed your link and came at the Brother webpage and downloaded the deb-files . These deb-file have the i386 architecture and are not usable for my Raspberry because the Raspberry has the ARM architecture. I tried the linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.4-1.gz file but during installation I saw that the script is also downloading and processing the i386 deb-files. So in the end it did not work.

I will do a fresh Dietpi install and then follow this procedure : https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/printing-at-home-from-your-raspberry-pi/
If it works I will let you know

But many thanks for your support.
wimduk