Brother HL-L2340DW
This is the MONOCHROME printer with the gray exterior, in the Focus Foundry.
| Brother HL-L2340DW | |
|---|---|
| Status | working! |
| Model | HL-L2340DW |
| Hostname | http://10.213.9.135 |
No color printing. If you wanna print color stuff go to The other brother printer.
@@@@@ PLEASE do not leave stuff on top of the printer. it WILL jam and fuck up remote printing @@@@@
gifted from The Bikery (via Jess) a long time ago
THE "MANUAL" IS AT https://support.brother.com/g/s/id/htmldoc/printer/cv_hll2300d/use/manual/index.html#GUID-CF52D2C7-FC76-4D85-94CD-21CAF1981773_159
the printer's physical 1line UI is surprisingly robust. use the arrows and the OK/back keys
connecting to the printer
i'd reallllly recommend connecting to this printer using the mini USB-B on the rear. the wifi on this unit is very unreliable (probably something to do with our jank-ass setup).
for all operating systems, plugging in the USB cable directly works immediately without drivers (as long as there's a CUPS compatible server running that is). for wifi connections, the following may help:
windows:
- attempt to add the printer using the settings app on your computer. it should show up in the list as "Brother B&W Laser".
- if it doesn't show up automatically, then attempt to connect directly using the IP address: 10.213.9.135
- still having issues? use the official (proprietary) Brother drivers located here: https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadtop.aspx?c=us&lang=en&prod=hll2340dw_us_eu_as
macOS:
- the printer fully supports AirPrint without drivers. it should show up on your system as "Brother B&W Laser".
- still having issues? use the official (proprietary) Brother drivers located here: https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadtop.aspx?c=us&lang=en&prod=hll2340dw_us_eu_as
linux:
- this varies so damn much depending on your distro. it supports IPP over ports 80 and 631, so a traditional CUPS server shim should be enough to discover and print to it without issue.
- still having issues (and using a Debian or RHEL-based distro)? use the official (proprietary) Brother drivers located here: https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadtop.aspx?c=us&lang=en&prod=hll2340dw_us_eu_as
brlasermight help you out if you're using arch or similar? https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Brother_networked_printer- if you're getting the error
Unsupported format "text/plain"then install cups-filters - to configure the cups network printer, within the cups ui (default localhost:631), the URL lpd://<printer ip>/ or ipp://<printer ip>/ or lpd://BRW0022587682C5/BINARY_P1 worked (with the proper brlaser drivers and stuff installed).
- gravy: use generic make, generic PCL laser type, and ipp. works on my machine. it will ask you for credentials; it's asking for your user account
- if you're getting the error
replacing the ink/toner
here's the "official" toner cartridges: https://www.brother-usa.com/products/tn660
but you can also just buy something that works just as well for a fraction of the price on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Ink-TN660-Replacement-TN630-DCP-L2540DW/dp/B0DXV45677/
make sure not to throw on the drum that the toner cartridge attaches to!
firmware updates
Via the WebUI
Apparently the printer can be updated via the webui successfully.
Remotely
Brother only provides a windows and mac (and mobile) client to upload firmware: https://support.brother.com/g/b/faqend.aspx?c=us&lang=en&prod=hll2340dw_us_eu_as&faqid=faq00100468_001#UpdateFirmware
But I've found https://github.com/sedrubal/brother_printer_fwupd which seems to be promising
$ brother_printer_fwupd --printer=BRW2C337A12BAC6.core.devhack.net [i] Querying printer info via SNMP. [i] Detected HL-L2340D series with following firmware version(s): MAIN@1.07 [i] Querying firmware download URL from Brother update API. [i] Try to get information for firmware part MAIN@1.07 [!] Invalid response: Expected tag 'VERSIONCHECK' to be in response '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <RESPONSEINFO/>'. [i] Retry with MFC-L3750CDW hack... [i] Firmware update for MAIN to version 1.27 required. [i] Downloading firmware file. 100.0 % [i] Uploading firmware file to printer via jetdirect. [!] Could not upload firmware None to update part MAIN@1.07: service/proto not found [i] Done.
poking at the printer
$ sudo nmap -sT -sU BRW2C337A12BAC6.core.devhack.net Starting Nmap 7.94 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2024-03-06 18:52 PST Nmap scan report for 192.168.50.40 Host is up (0.045s latency). Not shown: 994 closed udp ports (port-unreach), 993 closed tcp ports (conn-refused) PORT STATE SERVICE 21/tcp open ftp 23/tcp open telnet 80/tcp open http 443/tcp open https 515/tcp open printer 631/tcp open ipp 9100/tcp open jetdirect 69/udp open tftp 137/udp open netbios-ns 161/udp open snmp 3702/udp open|filtered ws-discovery 5353/udp open zeroconf 5355/udp open|filtered llmnr Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 16.70 seconds
ftp is also enabled:
$ curl ftp://BRW2C337A12BAC6.core.devhack.net total 1 -r--r--r-- 1 root printer 4096 Sep 28 2001 CFG-PAGE.TXT ---------- 1 root printer 0 Sep 28 2001 Ready-----------
$ curl ftp://BRW2C337A12BAC6.core.devhack.net/CFG-PAGE.TXT
<<NETWORK CONFIGURATION>>
<Interface> WirelessLAN on
<Node Type> Brother NC-8300w, IEEE 802.11b/g/n (Active)
<Node Firmware Ver.> Firmware Ver.W (Apr 6 2023 15:22:52)
<MAC Address> 2c-33-7a-12-ba-c6
<Node name> BRW2C337A12BAC6
<Active services> BRN2C337A12BAC6
BINARY_P1
TEXT_P1
POSTSCRIPT_P1
PCL_P1
BRN2C337A12BAC6_AT
<Protocols>
TCP/IP Enabled IPv6 Disabled
NetBIOS/IP Enabled APIPA Enabled
WebBasedManagement Enabled SNMP Enabled
LPD Enabled Raw Port Enabled
IPP Enabled WebServices Enabled
SMTP Enabled FTP Enabled
TFTP Enabled mDNS Enabled
LLMNR Enabled Proxy Disabled
<IP Settings>
IP Address 10.213.11.177 (via DHCP)
Subnet Mask 255.255.248.0
IP Gateway 10.213.8.1
Boot Method AUTO
Boot Tries 3
IP Filter Disabled
GW Timeout (sec) 21
DNS Address Config AUTO
Primary DNS Server 10.213.8.1
Secondary DNS Server 10.213.8.1
<NetBIOS Name> BRW2C337A12BAC6
<WINS Address Config> AUTO
<Primary WINS Server> 0.0.0.0
<Secondary WINS Server> 0.0.0.0
<Send E-mail Settings(SMTP)>
Device Mail Address brn2c337a12bac6@example.com
Server 0.0.0.0
Port 25
<mDNS Service Name> Brother HL-L2340D series
<WebServices Name> Brother HL-L2340D series [2c337a12bac6]
<SNMP Settings>
Communication Mode v1/v2c(RW)
<Comm. Mode> Infrastructure
<Name(SSID)> wlan0
<Authentication Mode> WPA/WPA2-PSK
<Encryption Mode> TKIP+AES
<Wireless Link Status> Link OK, 11n(52Mbps), Receiving Signal=3, Operating Ch=2
<Tx Power Code> Full, 227, 0, 0
<Network Statistics> <Wireless Statistics>
Packets Received 2646 RX Frames Received OK 2425
Bytes Received 414837 RX Frames Error 3501
Packets Transmitted 1396 TX Frames Transmitted OK 451
Bytes Transmitted 118721 TX Frames Error 15
<<NETWORK CONFIGURATION>>
<Interface> Wi-Fi Direct I/F Enable on
<Node Type> Brother NC-8300w, IEEE 802.11g/n (Active)
<Node Firmware Ver.> Firmware Ver.W (Apr 6 2023 15:22:52)
<MAC Address> 2e-33-7a-12-3a-c6
<Node name> BRX2E337A123AC6
<Active services> BRN2C337A12BAC6
BINARY_P1
TEXT_P1
POSTSCRIPT_P1
PCL_P1
BRN2C337A12BAC6_AT
<Protocols>
TCP/IP Enabled IPv6 Disabled
NetBIOS/IP Enabled APIPA Enabled
WebBasedManagement Enabled SNMP Enabled
LPD Enabled Raw Port Enabled
IPP Enabled WebServices Enabled
SMTP Enabled FTP Enabled
TFTP Enabled mDNS Enabled
LLMNR Enabled Proxy Disabled
<IP Settings>
IP Address 0.0.0.0
Subnet Mask 0.0.0.0
IP Gateway 0.0.0.0
Boot Method AUTO
Boot Tries 3
IP Filter Disabled
GW Timeout (sec) 21
DNS Address Config AUTO
Primary DNS Server 0.0.0.0
Secondary DNS Server 0.0.0.0
<NetBIOS Name> BRX2E337A123AC6
<WINS Address Config> AUTO
<Primary WINS Server> 0.0.0.0
<Secondary WINS Server> 0.0.0.0
<Send E-mail Settings(SMTP)>
Device Mail Address brn2c337a12bac6@example.com
Server 0.0.0.0
Port 25
<mDNS Service Name> Brother HL-L2340D series
<WebServices Name> Brother HL-L2340D series [2c337a12bac6]
<SNMP Settings>
Communication Mode v1/v2c(RW)
<Device Name> HL-L2340Dh2
<Name(SSID)> -
<Authentication Mode> -
<Encryption Mode> -
<P2P Link Status> Not Connected
<Tx Power Code> Full, 227, 0, 0
<Peers List> None
<DHCPd Settings>
IP Address Range 192.168.118.100 - 192.168.118.110
Lease Time 300sec
<Network Statistics> <Wireless(P2P) Statistics>
Packets Received 0 RX Frames Received OK 2425
Bytes Received 0 RX Frames Error 3501
Packets Transmitted 0 TX Frames Transmitted OK 451
Bytes Transmitted 0 TX Frames Error 15