For what it's worth, I've been able to print things with netcat. This is not a Brothers, it's a Samsung, but I use (I think I got it from a Vermaden post on FreeBSD forums) nc 192.168.1.50 9100 < whatever.ps
192.168.1.50 is my LAN's printer. I do have to use pdf2ps to convert a file to postscript. (Haven't tried with other formats, all I print start as pdf files.) Lastly, this is FreeBSD, not OpenBSD, so may not be applicable. But I figured I'd throw it out there for those who can't get their printers working.
Recently, though it turned out to be nothing but a paper jam, I thought my printer had broken. I was wondering how easy it would be to get a new one working with FreeBSD and Linux. And Brother would probablybe my first choice. Previously, I used a Brother mono laser printer which worked great with Linux and FreeBSD. I would up giving it to a friend when I got the color MFC laser.
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