Dev1 Galaxy Forum / How to lookup printer drivers in CUPS?

Re: How to lookup printer drivers in CUPS?

dummy@example.com (pcalvert) — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 00:54:59 +0000

Choose a printer that is AirPrint-compatible, and no driver installation will even be necessary.

See:

Driverless printing
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=7339

Re: How to lookup printer drivers in CUPS?

dummy@example.com (Andre4freedom) — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 08:17:26 +0000

Brother_MFC_J5340DW working perfectly well here.
No drivers installed at all.
Devuan5 (Daedalus) with CUPS and IPP

implicitclass://Brother_MFC_J5340DW/
Brother MFC-J5340DW, driverless, cups-filters 1.28.17

Just connect the printer to the local network, set it up, and off you go.
Chances are that your chosen model will work that way.

Re: How to lookup printer drivers in CUPS?

dummy@example.com (rolfie) — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 19:36:28 +0000

I am using a Kyocera P6230 LAN printer with a PPD supplied by Kyocera. Before that I owned a FS-5100DN.

Re: How to lookup printer drivers in CUPS?

dummy@example.com (stargate-sg1-cheyenne-mtn) — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 19:16:35 +0000

Brother HL-L3280CDW here

Re: How to lookup printer drivers in CUPS?

dummy@example.com (Dutch_Master) — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 17:56:16 +0000

Here's the Brother support site:
https://support.brother.com/g/b/product … content=dl

Select your region, model, follow instructions and you should be able to get a download link to the installer. That's just a script selecting the correct drivers for your device and installing them.

FIY: my last 3 printers (actually MFC units) were all Brother products due to their excellent Linux support. Current machine: MFC-J5740DW (no WiFi configured, so no access from outside )

How to lookup printer drivers in CUPS?

dummy@example.com (Micronaut) — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 17:27:04 +0000

My printers are all ancient and suffering various problems. Rather than continue to struggle to keep them running, I am thinking of buying a newer printer. The one I favor, the Brother HL-L2400D is especially appealing for NOT having fancy networking options that just make it hackable. Wifi printers??? No. Just no.

But on researching it, one of the things I have learned is that there is no MacOS driver for this printer. That normally wouldn't be a concern since I don't own Apple hardware, except I thought Apple used the CUPS system like all other *nix based OSes? Do they? How would I check if there is a CUPS driver for this printer before buying one and plugging it into a computer running some flavor of Linux? I would hope there is a reference somewhere that can be checked?