<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508372037094_6000">Hi Mitch,<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508372037094_6001"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508372037094_6002" dir="ltr">I'm not a full on geek, and need guys like you to assist me and I go to the UCLA installfests for help when I need it. My experience with using 14.04 is that it needs to be updated. When I did just the updates that pop up, to 16.04 it was crashie. I did a full install of 16.04 wiping all of 14.04 into oblivion and since then everything has been fine and I haven't had a problem and no crashes at all. <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508372037094_5973"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508372037094_6231"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508372037094_6262" dir="ltr">I sometimes buy units with 14.04 on them cheap as dirt and immediately do the full install of 16.04 before I start to use them. <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508372037094_6283"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508372037094_6342">Just a tip since you are using 14.04 and getting ready to add printers. It might save you some trouble down the road to do a full re-install of 16.04 and then add your printers. <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508372037094_6487"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508372037094_6511">What does the rest of the group have to say about it? <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508372037094_6282"> </div></div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508372037094_5974"><div id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1390277018637_22359" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16.363636016845703px;">Thank you, </div><div id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1390277018637_22359" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16.363636016845703px;"><br></div><div id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1390277018637_22360" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16.363636016845703px;"><font id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1390277018637_22368" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0000ff">Jan<br></font></div><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16.363636016845703px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508372037094_5996"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508372037094_5995" face="Arial"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 255);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508372037094_6506">(323) 259-0608 </span><span style="color:rgb(211, 106, 83);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508372037094_5994">Calls Only, </span></font></div><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16.363636016845703px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508372037094_5992"><span style="color:rgb(211, 106, 83);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508372037094_6508"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:16.3636360168457px;">Texts </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:16.3636360168457px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508372037094_6507">Do Not Go Through</span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508372037094_5993"><font face="Arial" color="#0000ff"><br></font></div></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508372037094_6447" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508372037094_6446"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508372037094_6445"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508372037094_6444"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508372037094_6449" size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Dan Kegel via SGVLUG <sgvlug@sgvlug.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> SGVLUG Discussion List. <sgvlug@sgvlug.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, October 18, 2017 3:13 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [SGVLUG] My wife wants on her laptop, 14.04 abilirty to use 2 different Laser Printers - Brother MFC 8870 CDW Brother MFC L 8850 CDW . Can I do this for her ?<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508372037094_6465"><br><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1508372037094_6471">I second the suggestion to avoid using third party drivers, the ones<br clear="none">built into ubuntu usually suffice.<br clear="none">See e.g. <a shape="rect" href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/513713/how-to-configure-a-network-printer-in-ubuntu-14-04" target="_blank">https://askubuntu.com/questions/513713/how-to-configure-a-network-printer-in-ubuntu-14-04</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">I happen to have a similar brother laser printer here, works good with<br clear="none">ubuntu... the only hard part is the system settings dialogs for<br clear="none">configuring it!<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Have you managed to get one of the two printers added to her laptop yet?<br clear="none">- Dan<br clear="none"><div class="yqt6816649576" id="yqtfd52299"><br clear="none">On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 2:26 PM, Michael Proctor-Smith via SGVLUG<br clear="none"><<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:sgvlug@sgvlug.net" href="mailto:sgvlug@sgvlug.net">sgvlug@sgvlug.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">> In my experience brother has pretty good linux support, you should be able<br clear="none">> to use the system setting printer config to add multiple printers. If not<br clear="none">> supported out of the box you may have to install printer device specific<br clear="none">> configuration. But try just adding a printer first linux distros tend to<br clear="none">> already include drivers for may more devices then other OSes tend to.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="http://support.brother.com/g/s/id/linux/en/index.html" target="_blank">http://support.brother.com/g/s/id/linux/en/index.html</a><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 2:10 PM, mitch Stanley via SGVLUG<br clear="none">> <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:sgvlug@sgvlug.net" href="mailto:sgvlug@sgvlug.net">sgvlug@sgvlug.net</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> Hi, Using Ubuntu 14.04 for 2 years but still feel like a newbie. 1st time<br clear="none">>> w/ question. My wife wants on her laptop, 14.04 abilirty to use 2<br clear="none">>> different Laser Printers -<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> Brother MFC 8870 CDW<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> Brother MFC L 8850 CDW<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> I searched online re . problems doing this but no hits. Any advice<br clear="none">>> would be appreciated.<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> Thank you, Mitch<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> Redlands,CA<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>