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on linux machines (in a terminal)
on linux machines (in a terminal)


Configured to connect to the SSID "sudoroom" with static IP 192.168.1.8
Configured to connect to the SSID "sudomesh" with static IP 192.168.42.12


You can access its web interface from the sudo network: http://192.168.1.8/printer/main.html
You can access its web interface from the sudo network: http://192.168.42.12/printer/main.html


The user is "user" and its password is "sudoroom" - the admin password is kept by Yar<br />
The user is "user" and its password is "sudoroom" - the admin password is kept by Yar<br />

Revision as of 18:15, 5 September 2014

Model: Brother HL-2270DW
Model website: http://www.brother-usa.com/Printer/ModelDetail/1/HL2270DW/
user guide
network user's guide
Features: B&W laser duplex wifi
wifi mac address: 00:22:58:18:DD:FD
ethernet mac address: 00:1B:A9:56:22:ED

HELP! how do i stop it printing stuff nobody wants?

Open a browser on a computer connected to the sudoroom network, and go to http://192.168.1.8 Then... i don't know what to do.

Also try emptying the print spooler on the computer that had printed the job, which means typing lprm - on linux machines (in a terminal)

Configured to connect to the SSID "sudomesh" with static IP 192.168.42.12

You can access its web interface from the sudo network: http://192.168.42.12/printer/main.html

The user is "user" and its password is "sudoroom" - the admin password is kept by Yar

Original listserv announcement: http://lists.sudoroom.org/pipermail/sudo-sys/2013-December/000144.html

bare-metal linux instructions

  1. Install & run CUPS
    • On Ubuntu/Mint:
      • apt-get install cups
      • service start cups
    • On Debian:
      • apt-get install cups
      • /etc/init.d/cups start
    • On Arch Linux:
      • pacman -Syu cups
      • systemctl start cups
  2. You configure CUPS through the browser at: http://localhost:631/admin
  3. Click on Add Printer. It will ask you for your root password. This is very insecure but it's how some stupid Linux things work!
    • User Name: root
    • Password: your root password
  4. Under Other Network Printers, select: LPD/LPR Host or Printer and press continue
  5. Under Connection, enter this string: lpd://192.168.1.8/queue
  6. Choose a name, description & location you will remember, then press continue
  7. Under Make, select Brother. Press continue.
  8. Under Model, select: Brother HL-1250 Foomatic/hl1250 (recommended).
  9. Press Add Printer.
  10. Try printing a test page!