Brother HL-2240D does not connect with Xubuntu 20.04

[MR ZenWiz]

On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 1:43 PM MR ZenWiz <mrzenwiz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My printer is connected via USB and does not contain a wireless
> interface AFAICT.
>
> I've done a fair amount of searching on this.  The best response I've
> seen is the Brother site at
> https://help.brother-usa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/52188?R3ModelID=HL2240D&_ga=2.43995621.1776589231.1601584104-1260712466.1598826875
>
> However, no matter what model number I select, it always comes up with
> the same usb URI and shows the right model number, but the test page
> never prints.  It gets queued and was "Processing" for as long as 45
> minutes before I gave up.
>
> This worked perfectly well for the last 2 years on 18.04, so I'm at a
> loss to understand this issue.
>
I moved the plug to another USB port and it now works perfectly.

Strange, but happy.

Thanks.

Mark