Using a Brother MFC-T810W printer

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Breizh29

I have a Brother MFC-T810W printer/scanner.

I followed the instructions given in the FreeBSD handbook regarding printing in the "Quick Start" section.
My test was just a small .txt file and connecting via a USB port. I saw on the printer screen "receiving data" but no printing.
Any idea please?
Note: I commonly use the printer with another PC where the archlinux operating system is installed.
 
I don't know that printer, but I wonder what driver you used. I've found with my Brother, that I could use the everywhere driver. This was for a networked printer, but I just set it up with

Code: 
lpadmin -p Brother -E -v ipp://192.168.1.50/ipp/print -m everywhere
I have a page on it https://srobb.net/cliscanprint.html

I'm not sure of the syntax for a USB connection but most times, if you use the CUPS web interface, it will find the printer and suggest a connection name.
The handbook quick start is using the builtin LP command, it's a lot easier to use CUPS, in my opinion.
 
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