in theory GNU Linux support is (mostly) pretty well done by brother’s setup.sh script the user can get from here: the script: wget https://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf006893/linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.4-1.gz # be root su – root # unpack gunzip linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.4-1 # then chmod +x linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.4-1 then […]
today gotta say “thank you Apple” for still developing cups.org further 😀 (well “further” is kind of an exaggeration as the last release was Apr 28, 2020) it got a management web interface since forever available via localhost:631 just a […]
it is a factory-default unsustainable catastrophy that should be forbidden by law: to claim the toner is empty, when toner levels are not even checked but simply the amount of pages printed is counted after x amount of pages, the […]
it’s a two part process: 1. install the drivers (thanks all involved great work 🙂 su – root apt update apt install printer-driver-ptouch 2. install the printer via cups web browser interface http://localhost:631/ or: https://localhost:631/ -> Administration -> Add Printer […]
Brother HL-5450DN most older laser printers are pretty reliable and can made to work with GNU Linux (if they support App Socket / HP JetDirect (asigned fixed IP to printer and give exact IP)) there is even a firmware update, […]
actually wanted give this printer to (still) windows user, then realizing… there is no f*** chance to install drivers within windows 10 for this elderly but just printing damn fine reliable black and white laser printer from brother, so… USB […]
here is the anwer too https://help.brother-usa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/51337/~/i-am-unable-to-print-to-the-second-tray-installed-on-my-brother-machine.-what but without screenshots
update: 2020-05: printer works – with ubuntu 12 as virtualbox 6.1 vm (should also work with ubuntu 16, untested) with printers and GNU Linux it is usually like this: plug & print … 3 days later, it actually printed a […]
# become root su – root; # rpm based yum install nmap # apt based apt install nmap # find snmp enabled devices # (UDP port 161, can not be tested with telnet (can only do TCP)) nmap -sU -p […]
Pwn2Own 2020: opening a pdf can be enough to compromise system! https://youtu.be/u1udr7j9MQA?t=359 thank you ccc you are doing a lovely work – make this planet more interesting by creativity and more informed about security 🙂 keep it up 🙂 https://cdn.media.ccc.de/events/gpn/gpn19/h264-hd/gpn19-45-eng-BADPDF_-_Stealing_Windows_Credentials_via_PDF_Files_hd.mp4 […]
EPSON LQ-870 needle printer is one fine example that sustainable long lasting durable hardware IS POSSIBLE! EVEN WITH PRINTERS! Next to it stands a Brother 6490CW, a pretty heavy piece of ink jet machinery (feels like 15kg) with a software […]
it’s so annoying… the brother devices report “toner low” and STOP PRINTING 😀 based on the page-count… not the actual toner-levels. (there used to be “windows” on the side of the toners so you could see (and the device detect) […]
it’s so annoying… the brother devices report “toner low” and STOP PRINTING 😀 based on the page-count… not the actual toner-levels. (there used to be “windows” on the side of the toners so you could see (and the device detect) […]