printer troubles

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boof
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printer troubles

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fossapup64-9.5
dell optilux 3060
brother HL-1210W mono laser printer, usb connected.

symptoms:
no printing, no test page.

drivers from brother australia
linux-brprinter-installer-3.2.1.rpm
HL1210Wcupswrapper-3.0.1.i386.rpm
HL1210Wlpr.i386.rpm
expanded, made installer executable, ran in terminal.

run CUPS, using ppd file from opt/brother/Printers/HL1210W/lpd/

printer not working, no data download led flashing.

in CUPS>printers, last column says:
~u/sr/lib/cups/filter/hl1210wlpd not available or missing.

it's missing.

edit 1
deketed and downloaded files again as .rpm.
installed both drivers by clicking on them.
tried to print self-testb page
nothing, error msg <filter failed>.
opt/brother/Printrs/*/filters not exist.
pls guide me to fixing this. it used to work, but not now. no trauma i know about.

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