[KLUG Members] SUSE 10 IBM T30 Brother DCP7020 Solved????

[Peter Bart]

Hello Everyone,
    Nik, stop shaking your head. It's ok, really :-) I think I might 
have isolated the problem for my printing issues. To recap, I'm using 
SUSE 10 on an IBM Thinkpad T30 connected through an IBM port replicator 
to a Belkin powered USB hub into which the Brother DCP7020 is connected. 
Now ever since I switched to KDE I've been itching to update the lpr and 
cups drivers. I did, installing first the lpr driver with Yast. Then the 
cups driver from shell because Yast complains it needs lpr which it 
shows me but can't seem to recognize itself. Lo and behold when trying 
to print a test page from http://localhost:631 I get the same error 
message about printer being unavailable!! Now I can't print from any app 
again. I uninstall the Brother lpr driver with Yast but leave the cups 
driver because Yast tells me it's not installed. Then I uninstall the 
Brother cups driver because Yast complains about dependencies. Strange. 
Then I delete the the printer from http://localhost:631. I install the 
printer again but this time using the Brother Foomatic/hl1250 driver. I 
print test pages from localhost and some apps, reboot because I want to 
see what happens and repeat test printing. All is once again well in the 
world, I think?
    This is only included in case anyone else runs into anything like 
this. Please note that for MS installations Brother recommends the use 
of a powered USB hub if you're going to use one. Also, printing from 
Windows prior to Linux was unsuccessfully using a serial cable. Although 
I have two USB ports on my laptop there is only one on the docking 
station, hence the serial cable attempt prior to Linux. Any further 
questions please feel free to contact me.
    Here I must give thanks to all the people from the various lists 
that have helped me troubleshoot and ultimately fix my problem child. 
Thank you to each and every one of you, I have learned a great deal from 
you and look forward to learning more.
Peter

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