Ubuntu – Unable to print to Brother printer by wifi

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I have 2 computers running Kubuntu 14.04 64 bit and this Brother printer: MFC-J6910DW

The printer has wifi capabilities. I've set up a fixed IP address: 192.168.1.191.
The router address is 191.168.1.1

I've installed the drivers in both computers.
Both of them can do successfully: 192.168.1.1
I connect specifying these data manually in the KDE wizard for adding a new remote printer:

  • lpr://192.168.1.131
  • The queue is BINARY_P1
  • I specify the right driver, supplied by Brother.

In computer A, I can print successfully, whereas in Computer B, when I try to print something, it appears in the queue as a job, and it says it is completed, but never prints. No error message appears.

Why can I not print in computer B?
How can I diagnose the problem?

Here is the official page for Brother printers in Linux

Best Answer

This has worked for me following the tip of technical support of Brother:

I would recommend removing the printer driver and re-installing using our install utility that will automate the download/install process. You may access this installation utility at the following location.

After running the Brother install utility, I was offered these choices:

0: ipp14
1: socket
2: https
3: ipp
4: ipps
5: lpd
6: http
7: serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=115200
8: smb
9: hp
10: parallel:/dev/lp0
11: hpfax
12 (I): Specify IP address.
13 (A): Auto. (usb://dev/usblp0)

At first, I tried number 12 and didn't work. So, I created another printer with the URI: lpr://192.168.1.131 instead of socket://192.168.1.131 and it works now. :-)

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