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Hi,

I've downloaded the drivers for the Brother MFC-J430W device, transformed all .deb in .txz packages and installed them.

The printer seems to be well installed in CUPS, as a usb:// connected device.
In the page options, sheet size is set to A4.
The correct .ppd file is selected.

CUPS shows:

Queue Name	Description	Location	Make and Model	Status
MFCJ430W	MFCJ430W		Brother MFC-J430W CUPS	Idle

When trying to print a test page, for example, the printer panel lights on, says that it's receiving data, but no sheet is printed.

I don't know about your printer, but I've seen that happening to an HP laser printer before. In the end I fixed it by configuring printer defaults to the actual paper size and color mode (monochrome in my case). Did you check job status from Control Panel > System > CUPS manage printers? Maybe also google "Linux Brother MFC-J430W not printing" to see if owners of that same model already solved similar issues.

libertas wrote: Wed Jan 08, 2025 11:49 pm

I've downloaded the drivers for the Brother MFC-J430W device, transformed all .deb in .txz packages and installed them.

Are there any binary (executable) files in the resulting package? Can they run (extract and run the command in a terminal)?

Try disabling the eztables firewall, it is located at

Menu -->Setup -->Fatdog64 Control Menu -->8 System -->Manage Servers and Services

Bad suggestion by me, I see your printer is USB, firewall does not affect that.