I do the usual updates with Ubuntu...but for some reason a recent update deleted my printers.
I tried to reinstall the Brother HL-2070N (which is a great cheap laser printer!) the way I always did...find it on the network, and install a earlier printer driver that Ubuntu already had.
Well that didn't work this time, so I had to search the internets...but luckily the fix was easy...relative for Linux...
First found this Tutorial (FAQ/Wiki?) at help.ubuntu.com.
That directed me to the Brother website, that I still had to wade through a bit to find this page, which directed me to these drivers and this page of directions.
The Ubuntu site's directions were the same as Brother's site...but Brother added a test command to make sure the drivers installed properly.
So now that the drivers (lpr and cups) were installed, I now had to go the the list of printers, and point the 2070N to the actual network location (properties).
And it works again...but I would like to know why it failed to begin with.
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