Ed Durrant wrote:
> Jim Byrnes wrote:
>> Ray Davison wrote:
>>   
>>> What is the likelihood that OS/2 can talk to this thing?
>>>
>>> The Brother MFC-8220 5-in-1 Multi-function printer lets you fax at 14.4 
>>> Kbps, enables PC FAX sending from your PC and is equipped with both 
>>> parallel and USB interfaces. Plus, with an integrated Ethernet, this 
>>> Brother MFC-8220 is network ready for your office business needs!
>>>
>>> TY
>>> Ray
>>>
>>>
>>>  
>>>     
>> Hi Ray,
>>
>> Based on my experience not good.  I have two Brother MFC's here and have 
>> not been able to use either of them in OS/2. I have had a MFC5100c for 
>> sometime and have never got it working with OS/2.  I just recently 
>> purchased a used MFC3820CN because I read on the Russian hardware site 
>> that it worked with OS/2.  I can get it to say it is receiving data but 
>> nothing prints.  I am assuming I just can't find the right driver.
>>
>> I hope you or someone else proves me wrong.
>>
>> Regards, Jim
>>
>>
>>  
>>
>>   
> There are linux (CUPS) drivers for several of the Brother MFC devices - 
> for printing and scanning.
> 
> I think the only hope for these devices (as printers) is through the 
> CUPS/GutenPrint porting projects that Paul Smedley is working on. Paul 
> has recently ported a new version of the software, I must admit I have 
> not yet had chance to try it with my Brother MFC620CN.
> 
> The confusion in the ecs Russian site may be baused by the section in 
> the handbook that refrs to using the printer with OS/2 Lan Server. In 
> fact what this boils down to is that the clients printing are using 
> Windows PCs with the windows drivers installed, the data stream can be 
> spooled and transferred via the LAN to the network port on the MFC.
> 
> Cheers/2
> 
> Ed.
>  
> 
> 
> 
>  

Ed,

I have been following CUPS but right now it is way to complicated for me 
to make anything out of it.  You may be right about the Russian site.  I 
took it to mean he had it working with os/2 machines.  I'll take another 
look.  I never thought of it until now but I shold see if he has a 
working email address and juts ask him what driver he used.

Regards,  Jim


 
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