brother dcp 120c will not print

I am sorry, but I never ahd to install any printer with cupswrapper. Did you check out this site?

http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/

Is there any output in a konsole, when you try to print from there?

thank you for you reply. i have been on that site and a lot more with
brother solutions and i can not understand what to do .
i tried to do what was said on one site and all i got in the terminal
was permission denied.
the computer has found the printer and the drivers are loaded but when i
try to print a test page it aborts.
i am a newbie to Linux and do not fully understand what i am doing in
the terminal. i have got the ubuntu bible and it is like reading a
different language. thank you again for your reply and i hope this helps
all the best ----john

 i have tried to print from the gimp and the screen on the printer says it is recieving data then it refuses to print( just stops as if nothing is happerning)
 i hpe this helps all the best john

Can you check if you have read/write access to /dev/lp0?

To give you write access run sudo chmod o+w /dev/lp0

Probably you have the reinstall the printer in your graphical environment (not the whole brother thing). And then try to print again. Which frontend do you use (xfe/gnome/kde/...)?

thanks for the reply have run the line you sent and it is still doing
the same. i am running gnome .
i don't know how to reinstall in the graphical environment as i have
never come across it as i have just moved from windows and i have not
got use to to Linux and it s ways yet. the only way i seem to learn is
read and to ask but this has got me stumped.
thanks again for your help all the best john

To add the printer in qnome environment, open the system menu --> system settings --> printer

* delete the old printer (if present)
* select add new printer

make a test print

Hi, I re-read the brother driver informations. For your model, you need the package mfc-210c. Klick on this link to download it:

http://www.brother.com/cgi-bin/agreement/agreement.cgi?dlfile=http://solutions.brother.com/Library/sol/printer/linux/rpmfiles/lpr_debian/mfc210clpr-1.0.2-1.i386.deb&lang=English_lpr

Accept the license agreement and save the file to a folder.
You can install it, using a terminal session. Change to the directory where you saved the file with

cd /.../

and install it with

sudo dpkg -i mfc210clpr-1.0.2-1.i386.deb

Is the printer connected via usb? - the it should work now.

And a last one: check if the lpr printing system is selected on the printing dialogue as shown on the screenshot at the bottom of this page:
http://solutions.brother.com/linux/sol/printer/linux/lpr_install.html

thank you for a quick reply.
i am using the mfc210c driver. should i take it out and start again. i
have removed the cups driver.
the printer is connected by usb and i have not seen the box in the
screen shot you showed me.
as i said i am a newbie to linux and this this sort of trouble just
baffles me
all the best john

OK, let's try it from the beginning.

Uninstall cupswrapper and the mfc210 driver (i.e. with synaptic).

Install the package csh with:

sudo aptitude install csh
sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/cupsys /etc/init.d/cups
sudo ln -s /var/spool/cups /var/spool/lpd

Try to install the mfc210 driver. If you get an error message, download the corresponding rpm file and convert it to an ubuntu package with

sudo alien package.rpm

Install cupswrapper.

(Most of it taken from http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Brother_MFC)

thank you for your help the printer is now up and running.
with out your help i would still be struggling as i do not yet
understand command lines in the terminal.
all the best and thank you once again john