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gadget-brother-printers

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Print documents and inspect print jobs on Brother IPP printers through Muse Home Link. Use when the printer advertises IPP/IPPS; check its formats and capabilities, including the documented MFC-J880DW PWG Raster path.

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  1. Distinctive:

    Use this skill when fresh discovery identifies a Brother printer offering IPP and the user asks to print or inspect a print job.

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  2. Very specific:

    Use the discovered IPv4 address, port and advertised resource path.

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  3. Very specific:

    Read and follow the Home Link networking and safety rules in ~/docs/devices/home_link.md.

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  4. Distinctive:

    Use the printer's configured authentication and TLS trust where required.

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  5. Very specific:

    Read printer-state, printer-state-reasons, printer-is-accepting-jobs, document-format-supported, media-supported, resolution and duplex …

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  6. Very specific:

    Prefer image/pwg-raster when advertised.

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  7. Distinctive:

    If the submission times out, inspect existing jobs before resending to avoid duplicate prints.

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  8. Distinctive:

    Do not change printer configuration, print unsolicited pages or cancel unrelated jobs.

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SKILL.md

Brother Printers: IPP Printing

Use this skill when fresh discovery identifies a Brother printer offering IPP and the user asks to print or inspect a print job.

Identify the Device

  • Match Brother manufacturer/model and an advertised _ipp._tcp or _ipps._tcp service; do not identify a printer from its vendor prefix alone.
  • Use the discovered IPv4 address, port and advertised resource path. Query Get-Printer-Attributes before submitting a document.

Prerequisites

Read and follow the Home Link networking and safety rules in ~/docs/devices/home_link.md.

  • The printer must be ready, supplied with the requested media, and authorized for the requested document.
  • Use the printer's configured authentication and TLS trust where required. Prepare documents in the agent environment, not on HomeLink.

Workflow

  1. Read printer-state, printer-state-reasons, printer-is-accepting-jobs, document-format-supported, media-supported, resolution and duplex capabilities using an IPP client such as CUPS/ipptool.
  2. Prefer image/pwg-raster when advertised. Generate PWG Raster with standard CUPS filters such as imagetoraster and rastertopwg; select installed filter options for the actual input and target resolution.
  3. Match media, printable area, resolution, color and sides to advertised capabilities; scale the document layout for that resolution. Do not send PDF or JPEG merely because another printer supports it.
  4. Send IPP Print-Job with the selected document-format and document bytes through the authorized printer endpoint. Preserve the returned job ID/URI.
  5. Monitor that job with Get-Job-Attributes. Resolve paper, media or authentication errors before considering another submission.

Verify the Result

  • Confirm a successful IPP response, not just HTTP 200, and inspect job-state and job-state-reasons.
  • A queued/processing job is not yet a printed page. Check completion and ask for physical-output confirmation when necessary.
  • If the submission times out, inspect existing jobs before resending to avoid duplicate prints.

Limits

  • The PWG Raster path applies to MFC-J880DW; check advertised formats and capabilities on other Brother IPP models.
  • Do not change printer configuration, print unsolicited pages or cancel unrelated jobs.

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