Thanks.ÿ The log file gave me a clue with read failures for: /usr/local/Brother/Printer/MFC7360N/inf/brMFC7360Nrc
which was set 600 lp lp butÿ needsÿ 660 lp lp.ÿ That change enabled ASCII and Postscript printing.
I'm currently USB connected while I'd prefer to use ethernet.ÿ But at least I can print.ÿ The print file name has changed to root@debian-13+<job #> which makes sense for a directly connected printer.
This is where an O'Reilly book on CUPS would be helpful.ÿ I'm trying to setup a spare machine to give to a friend as I shrink my network of test machines in favor of VMs.
I have a python script on the system I upgraded from 10 to 12 for configuring the printer under "Administration"ÿ but can find no similar tool on 13.ÿ How do I install it?ÿ The machine that it's on was a throw away test system that got pressed into use full time for a while.
Thanks again,Reg

On Thursday, February 5, 2026 at 08:51:21 PM CST, David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:

On Thu 05 Feb 2026 at 21:57:09 (+0000), Reginald Beardsley wrote:

ÿ I did the install.ÿ Here's what I find:

root@debian-13:/var/spool/lpd# lpstat
MFC7360N-5ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ rootÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ 1024ÿ ÿThu 05 Feb 2026 09:07:40 AM CST
MFC7360N-7ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ rootÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ 2048ÿ ÿThu 05 Feb 2026 03:35:23 PM CST
root@debian-13:/var/spool/lpd# find / -name 'MFC7360N*' /usr/local/Brother/Printer/MFC7360N
/usr/share/cups/model/MFC7360N.ppd
/usr/share/ppd/MFC7360N.ppd
find: ?/run/user/1000/doc?: Permission denied
find: ?/run/user/1000/gvfs?: Permission denied
/var/spool/lpd/MFC7360N
/var/cache/cups/MFC7360N.strings
/var/cache/cups/MFC7360N.data
/etc/cups/ppd/MFC7360N.ppd
root@debian-13:/var/spool/lpd#ÿ
where are the queued files?

Mine have always been in /var/spool/cups/, but I use driverless
printing. As I see /var/spool/lpd/MFC7360N in your list, they might
be there too. Your search string is not very good: c for Control,
d for Data, I assume. You likely won't need the grep.
ÿ ~# find /var/spool/ -name [cd]0\* | grep '[cd]0051'
ÿ /var/spool/cups/c00518
ÿ /var/spool/cups/c00517
ÿ /var/spool/cups/c00514
ÿ /var/spool/cups/c00511
ÿ /var/spool/cups/d00515-001
ÿ /var/spool/cups/d00511-001
ÿ /var/spool/cups/c00512
ÿ /var/spool/cups/c00510
ÿ /var/spool/cups/d00517-001
ÿ /var/spool/cups/c00515
ÿ /var/spool/cups/d00518-001
ÿ /var/spool/cups/d00513-001
ÿ /var/spool/cups/d00510-001
ÿ /var/spool/cups/d00512-001
ÿ /var/spool/cups/d00516-001
ÿ /var/spool/cups/d00514-001
ÿ /var/spool/cups/c00516
ÿ /var/spool/cups/c00513
ÿ ~#
Cheers,
David.



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On 2/6/26 12:57 PM, Reginald Beardsley wrote:

Neglected to emphasize that the printer is connected and working with
other OS instances, Debian 12 and Win 7 via ethernet.ÿ The USB was a
last gasp attempt at getting it to work on a fresh install of Trixie.ÿ I
can access the printer GUI by IP:PORT from Firefox.

My network is relevant in that it verifies that the problem is the
Trixie install.

Reg

I have Brother lasers working on two trixie machines. Both were
installed by getting the Brother .deb install scripts for the printers
and installing it to the trixie computers. Worked right off.

Eddie

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On 2026-02-06, Eddie <eddie.seymour@gmail.com> wrote:

On 2/6/26 12:57 PM, Reginald Beardsley wrote:

Neglected to emphasize that the printer is connected and working with
other OS instances, Debian 12 and Win 7 via ethernet.ÿ The USB was a
last gasp attempt at getting it to work on a fresh install of Trixie.ÿ I
can access the printer GUI by IP:PORT from Firefox.

My network is relevant in that it verifies that the problem is the
Trixie install.

Reg

I have Brother lasers working on two trixie machines. Both were
installed by getting the Brother .deb install scripts for the printers
and installing it to the trixie computers. Worked right off.

I have a Brother HL-L2350DW.

Driverless. Just works out of the box. I thought that was the thing now
with modern printers.

Eddie

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