| From: o1bigtenor <o1bigtenor@gmail.com> | To: GTALUG Talk <talk@gtalug.org> | Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 15:04:44 -0500 | Subject: Re: [GTALUG] HP printers [Request for printer recommendations] | Reply-To: GTALUG Talk <talk@gtalug.org> | | On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 7:25 AM, Stewart C. Russell <scruss@gmail.com> wrote: | | > Hi Dee: | > Hmm, hadn't realized you were still stuck. I hadn't either. This has been a month or two! | > (You can ping your printer, yes? I mean, if it's not even seen on the | > network, you have to address this first. Dee: you didn't answer this question. It is important: all the layers have to work, starting from the bottom, networking. The specifications don't even mention networking but the W at the end of the name indicates 802.11b/g/n support. If this is so difficult, we ought to try one step at a time, and networking is clearly the first step. | Tried Brother email support. For Linux is only to point you to the tools | and then its your baby and the number of people that they have for Linux | support is very small so its also very very slow to get what help does | exist. With luck, you probably won't need support from them. | Also don't really have a formal network set up at present. I don't know what that means. | I have been | recommended to use set up a ftp server and clients but my main box is also | out for R n R as I seem to have let out some magic smoke from one of the | hard drives. | | This means that any changes are when I get my system back but will try | then. OK. In other words, we should wait until then before bombarding you with suggestions. I would expect that you have a LAN and have other computer(s) still functioning. Perhaps not in Linux.