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For 3 years I had an HP OfficeJet G55 running on Ubuntu - great! loved it, all was simple and just worked ... then it broke. I ordered a new printer a Brother HL-2250DN.

I've got the drivers from Brother, so USB is okay. Networked... for the rest of my laptops and computers... no it is using gutenprint - nice project but printing at a resolution of 100 is just diabolical. How I wish I could just go back to my OfficeJet G55.

I know this is due to hardware manufacturers, but how do I just use my printer?

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  • Got it working networked with Generic PCL6/PCL XL Printer Foomatic Even Duplex works! However, I still stand by my comments that it should not be this difficult - I believe we (the linux community) have it sorted with most internal hardware now, installing Ubuntu is a breeze - if we can crack this issue we will be leagues ahead.
    – Matthew Hudson
    May 24 '13 at 12:32
  • Could you share the steps you followed to make it work?
    – Braiam
    Aug 17 '13 at 15:01
  • Braiam, on 13.04 - go to add printer, I click networked printer, with nothing in the search box I click 'find' and wait for it to appear. Then select it and when choosing the driver, choose Generic : PCL6/PCL XL Printer Foomatic pxlcolor - all works fine for me. Use the same procedure and driver for USB connected Printer
    – Matthew Hudson
    Aug 25 '13 at 19:23
  • Arg! I hate when I'm so ambiguious. In the space below, it says "Your Answer", you can write it there.
    – Braiam
    Aug 25 '13 at 22:06
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Got it working networked with Generic PCL6/PCL XL Printer Foomatic Even Duplex works - go to add printer, I click networked printer, with nothing in the search box I click 'find' and wait for it to appear. Then select it and when choosing the driver, choose Generic : PCL6/PCL XL Printer Foomatic pxlcolor - all works fine for me. Use the same procedure and driver for USB connected Printer

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On Ubuntu 14.10 I did the same as @matthew-hudson in his answer, but with one wrinkle. I had to use the listing for the printer with an IP address next to it (there were two listings: one with and one without an IP address). The listing with an IP address took longer to appear in the list than the one without.

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This worked for me in 16.04

  • print the Printer's settings (pressing the Go button 3x in less than 2s)
  • find the printer's IP address on the last page
  • go to System settings->Printers
  • click “Add”
  • select “LPD/LPR Host or Printer”
  • enter the printer’s IP address as Host
  • enter “PCL_P1” as Queue
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Brother has released an autoconfig script for all his printers which downloads the appropriate drivers and installs/configures the printer either USB or networked

http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/faq_prn.html#f00104

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Set the printer for HP LaserJet for a trouble free existence.

The printer has a browser based admin system. Just all up it's IP in a browser on the network. The default password for the settings screens is "access".

In the Printer Settings if you set emulation to HP LaserJet, then do a network discovery for printer, it should be found as a laserjet. I used the vanilla HP LaserJet driver from the available drivers and the thing works flawlessly.

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