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Old 26th November 2011 | 12:04
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seacue
 
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Using XP printer from Linux Mint

I want to use the Brother HL-2140 l.ser printer on my XP PC from Linux Mint. The printer is set for sharing and I can use it from a different XP PC.

I add the printer to Mint using the screen dialog. When I submit a test page from LibreOffice Writer it "prints" a dozen or two dozen blank pages but never the text I wrote. I have changed from the postscript (recommended) driver to another. Only one page "prints", but it is blank.

I also tried printing from "gedit" with the same results.

Please offer suggestion(s).

seacue

Edited 2011 11 27 00:00 Z to add:

A Giggle search revealed lots of problems with printing from Mint over Ethernet to a Windows PC. None I found addressed a case like mine.

s.

Last edited by seacue; 26th November 2011 at 23:00.
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