Brothers DLL2300D Slow Printing

My Brothers HLL2300D printer started printing very slowly (taking a long time to start printing).  Sometimes it would take up to 10 to 15 minutes per page to print.  When I installed it that was not the case.  Before I tell you how I fixed mine let me say that there are many factors that may affect this problem, i.e. (different CUPPS configurations, printer types, installed software or unique hardware) this is just what fixed my situation. 

My setup:
I have my printer (Brother HLL2300D) connected to an IO Gear Print Server (basically a TCP/IP connection device, 10/100 network port on one side and a USB port on the other).  The printer is connected to the USB port and the 10/100 Network port is hardwired to my router.

I'm running Ubuntu 16.04.3, this is a screen shot of the IO GEAR print server web interface and I installed my Brothers HLL2300D using this method.

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THE FIX.

To fix my issue I just added a new printer to my Ubuntu 16.04 install using the following method:

Open your SYSTEM SETTING then PRINTERS then click on the ADD BUTTON.  Now click on NETWORK in the drop down list and finally select APPSOCKET/HP JETDIRECT.  You should see something that looks like this.

Under HOST put the IP ADDRESS of your printer (we're just doing a networked printer).  Under PORT put 9100 and the CONNECTION section should read APPSOCKET/HP JETDIRECT.  Click on the FORWARD BUTTON.


You will now see this screen.  Just select your printer manufacturer and click on the FORWARD BUTTON.

You will now see this screen.  Just pick your printers model number and click on the FORWARD BUTTON. If you are installing a Brothers HLL2300D cancel out of all this and follow these instructions first so that your model's drivers will show up here.

You will now see this screen.  Just fill in the three block with whatever you want for labeling your printer.  When finished just click on the APPLY BUTTON

If you did everything correctly you should now see a new printer with the name you gave it (I changed mine's name to HLL2300Dnew.  By RIGHT CLICKING on that printer and selecting PROPERTIES you will see the following screen (your's should look like mine except your printers IP address will be different from mine and I've blacked out the last digits of that IP address)

Try printing a test page and see if it starts prints quicker.  If the PRINT TEST PAGE is grayed out, close the properties window and RIGHT CLICK on your new printer again and make sure the ENABLED is checked, if not check it and try the PRINT TEST PAGE again.  You may have to reset your computer to finish this but I didn't.


NOTE:  I think selecting the APPSOCKET/HP JETDIRECT is what fixed my problem or maybe it was just installing a new printer, I don't know but it worked for me.  If this worked for you, you may want to set your new printer to your DEFAULT.