HL-L2300D on Raspberry Pi OS using v6 Network Sharing via CUPS, No Double-Sided Printing

[joseolopezz]

Device: uri = usb://Brother/HL-L2300D%20series?serial=U63878D0N211095 class = direct info = Brother HL-L2300D series make-and-model = Brother HL-L2300D series device-id = MFG:Brother;CMD:PJL,HBP;MDL:HL-L2300D series;CLS:PRINTER;CID:Brother Laser Type1; location =

Printer sharing via Raspberry Pi 3, using Windows 10 works however, on either platform, double-sided printing fails. The printer shows that it receives and spools the job but fails to print.

Strangely, on earlier attempts using v4 I got a test page from Windows 10 (which uses the Microsoft IPP driver) to execute a double-sided print, but no luck since.

I did change the configuration file in CUPS to allow the printer to show on the network.

Thank you very much for your work. I can live with single-sided printing for now. But please let me know of further developments/resolutions on this issue. Best regards.

[madhub]

Same issue here, I have brother HL-L2321D. I selected "Brother HL-L2300D, using brlaser v4 (en)" from the CUPS printer management page.

Windows 10 detect printer, but it does not do 2 sided print . Sometimes page appear blank

I installed cups printer driver using sudo apt-get install printer-driver-brlaser.

OS Release details

PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)"
NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="10"
VERSION="10 (buster)"
VERSION_CODENAME=buster
ID=raspbian
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianForums"
BUG_REPORT_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianBugs"
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ uname -a
Linux raspberrypi 5.4.51-v7+ #1333 SMP Mon Aug 10 16:45:19 BST 2020 armv7l GNU/Linux

One more issue, I see is eventhough I see "HL-L2320D" in brlaser.drv.in file ,it does not show up in cups printer management page

{
  ModelName "HL-L2320D"
  Attribute "NickName" "" "Brother HL-L2320D series, $USING"
  Attribute "1284DeviceID" "" "MFG:Brother;CMD:PJL,HBP;MDL:HL-L2320D series;CLS:PRINTER;CID:Brother Laser Type1;"
  Duplex rotated
  PCFileName "brl2320d.ppd"
}

[tigerinus]

No double-sided printing for DCP-7040 either. Would love to contribute if the author or someone can provide some direction.

[evanmiller]

I would encourage anyone with duplexing trouble to try out the code I've submitted in #124 – which alters the way that the driver requests duplexing. I've tested with an HL-L2300D on OS X, and would love to get test reports from other printers and configurations.

[SteveGuidi]

@madhub

One more issue, I see is eventhough I see "HL-L2320D" in brlaser.drv.in file ,it does not show up in cups printer management page

After building and installing the latest source from the master branch, I see the printer listed at the top of the list.

[madhub]

@SteveGuidi Ok, thanks . I will try & report back here