Help with CUPS

J

jml7

I have a Brother 2170W network printer.

I followed the instructions to install CUPS. I got a PPD from OpenPrinting, and added the printer through the web administration.

First, the printer is not appearing in any of my applications. I only get "Print to File" and "Print to LPR".

Second, when I go in CUPS and try to print a test page, it just hangs forever. The status message is Processing - "Connecting to printer..."

Here's the printer information from CUPS.

Description: Brother HL-2170W series
Location:
Driver: Brother HL-2170W Foomatic/pxlmono (recommended) (grayscale, 2-sided printing)
Connection: lpd://BRN001BA92DD7CC/BINARY_P1
Defaults: job-sheets=none, none media=na_letter_8.5x11in sides=one-sided

It works fine in Ubuntu so I figure there's just some configuration issues here.
 
Ok, I got the test page to print by putting in the IP address manually. Now, I just need to figure out how to get the printer to display in the print window when I hit print.
 
Solved! Here is the solution.

Code: 
# echo 'WITH_CUPS="YES"' >> /etc/make.conf
# cd /usr/ports/print/libgnomeprint && make deinstall && make configure && make install
# cd /usr/ports/x11-toolkits/gtk20 && make deinstall && make configure && make install
 
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