December 23, 2020

Windows -- adding a printer

On Windows 10, this was unbelievably easy.

I have a Brother printer, connected via a cable to my network.

In windows, I go to Start--Settings--Devices--Printers and Scanners.

I click on "Add a printer", it detects my Brother, I select it and click on "Add device" and I seem to be done.

Does it work?

I fire up photoshop, import a map PDF, and use print from within photoshop. It knows about the brother, so I just select it, and voila! I am printing. It seems to work just fine.

What about postscript?

When I go to Start--Settings--Devices--Printers and Scanners I select "Printer properties" then under "Advanced" it shows the driver and it has "Microsoft IPP Class Driver" selected.

IPP is "internet printing protocol"

I click the nearby "New Driver" button. I select "Microsoft PS class driver" (there is also XPS class).

They say that the Brother HLL2370DW is a PCL6 machine, but with the Brother Universal Printer Driver it will support postscript. My printer is in the HL-L2 series.

Have any comments? Questions? Drop me a line!

Adventures in Computing / tom@mmto.org