Hello! I use Bazzite Linux with KDE, and I’m having some issues with duplex printing on my system.
I have a Brother HL-L2300D, and I’ve already installed the drivers for it. Brother provides an install script for their driver on their website, but because my system is rpm-ostree based and immutable, I would get rpm-ostree errors and the installation would fail.
I found a Reddit post yesterday that suggested running sudo rpm-ostree install printer-driver-brlaser, which worked and I was able to connect to the printer and configure everything as needed.
However, when I try to print on both sides of the page, the back side of the page prints upside-down. I’ve tried changing the setting for which edge to flip when printing (portrait/landscape), and it doesn’t seem to change anything. I printed the same document on a Windows machine on this printer, and it went through just fine, so I’ve isolated the problem down to the CUPS server that my machine is running.
If there’s any more information I can provide, please let me know. I’ve tried the troubleshooting steps I know and have reached the limit of my knowledge.
I recently posted about setting up my new Brother HL-L5210DW printer under Fedora Atomic, which was also having issues with duplex printing when using the brlaser driver. Maybe this will help you too:
https://lemmy.ca/post/23695569
If yours is networked, I think you just need to select the IPP option mentioned in my post, and enter the path as ipp://<printer-ip-address>
Curious, how did u dnf install if it’s immutable? Through distrobox and then export ?
Have you tried using the driverless cups driver tho?
How would I do that? When trying to add my printer, it wouldn’t let me continue unless I selected a printer model
Edit: I found the generic printer option under the model selection. However, when I select it, the paper goes through the printer but nothing is printed
I have a Brother HL-L2395DW
Tho when I went to add it as a printer, my system automatically selected the “reccomended” drivers on Plasma 6+.
I remember on older Plasma, that you still had to select Brother first, then search for model type.
At that next screen or if I edit my current printer, I searched for L23:
By generic printer driver, I meant the cups/driverless one on this selection screen. Opposed to any official Brother or GutenPrint drivers/ppd files.
I did try searching for your exact model, but nothing showed for me…tho I can’t tell if that’s because mine is already wireless/UPnP and grabbing only it’s settings.
I’m using the Brother HL-L2395DW series, driverless, 2.0.0
I Just have to also make sure duplex printing is set to on, both system and firefox/application whatever settings.
On Firefox I use Flip on long edge.
