HOWTO: Ubuntu All Brother Printer & Scanner Driver Installation for Newbies!

[alecxs]

I have not followed all the pages, so I'm not sure if this was said before.

On the brother website, there is an FAQ which provides a universal installer for brother printers. My network printer (HL-2250DN) worked flawlessly after trying all solutions with no result.

http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/faq_prn.html#f00090

This is the blog post that led me there:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5976666/the_retail_detail_brother_releases.html

When I was prompted for the URI of the printer, I chose (through trial and error) the option to specify the IP of the printer (I did know it, though).

Hope this helps anyone.

[PakeJow]

i cant get my printer to work over a network. the printers drivers installed correctly, and its reognized in the "printers" menu.
but it says "printer may not be connected"
for the URl it says :usb:/dev/usb/lp0
but i want it to be used wirelessly, so shouldnt it say the printers IP adress that i gave to set it up?
kind of a newb, help please

[photonian]

For Wireless and Wired Printer Driver setup:

This worked for my wireless Brother MFC-665CW.
[NOTE: If you have another model just search for it in your software manager - you may have to turn on multiverse repository too]

Printer Driver is already in Ubuntu's Multiverse Repository.
Just goto synaptic and install:
brother-lpr-drivers-bh7 [or whatever package includes your printers driver - see note above]

Then install the printer using your printer manager. (the driver should be automatically selected for you.)

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For Scanner on wireless setup:

download and install: appropriate brscan package from Brother's Site: Here

Then inside a terminal enter: brsaneconfig2 -a name=whatever-name-you-choose model=Your-Printer-Model ip=192.168.x.x
[NOTE: Use brsaneconfig (for brscan models), brsaneconfig2 (for brscan2 models) or brsaneconfig3 (for brscan3 models) accordingly.

That's it, you can use your scanner software now.

[Jose Catre-Vandis]

Anyone had this problem and solved it?

Brother DCP-540CN, print and scan drivers all working fine on Xubuntu 11.10. Up until now, the driver has never recognised or done anything with ink levels, but having replaced a colour catridge, the driver now complains that I have no ink left, and refuses to print. I was able to get the print run through by switching off and on the printer. However the error message still remains....

[puntigamer]

HI guys, I've just installed my DCP-165C cups driver, and it works fine for me. But the scan drivers don't, the brscan can't see my device... I've got all the needed drivers installed, and added the

# Brother scanners
ATTRS{idVendor}=="04f9", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes"

to /lib/udev/rules.d/40-libsane.rules

Any idea?

daniel@oneiric:~$ dpkg  -l  |  grep  Brother
ii  brscan-skey                                    0.2.1-3                                 Brother Linux scanner S-KEY tool
ii  brscan3                                        0.2.11-4                                Brother Scanner Driver
ii  dcp165ccupswrapper:i386                        1.1.2-2                                 Brother CUPS Inkjet Printer Definitions
ii  dcp165clpr:i386                                1.1.2-2                                 Brother lpr Inkjet Printer Definitions
ii  dcp195ccupswrapper:i386                        1.1.2-2                                 Brother CUPS Inkjet Printer Definitions
ii  dcp195clpr:i386                                1.1.2-1                                 Brother lpr Inkjet Printer Definitions
ii  ptouch-driver                                  1.3-0ubuntu11                           CUPS/Foomatic driver for Brother P-touch label printers

[RefinersFire]

ubuntu 11.04. Followed Brother's instructions precisely. Worked like a charm on my wife's 10.10 system. Will not work on this 11.04 system. Tried some of the suggestions here.

The printer shows up but will not print, clean heads, etc.

Any help will be appreciated.

[War Tribe]

Is there anything like this for a lexmark x4650 3 in one printer?

[jfbooth]

Is there anything like this for a lexmark x4650 3 in one printer?

Google search on:

lexmark x4650 ubuntu

About 40,200 results

[rykel]

I am now using Linux Mint 12 and while it is not Ubuntu, I believe the printer application is the same.

I noticed that before printing, the tabs in the pop-up dialog no longer offer the choice of "Draft" or "Normal" when printing PDFs. I assume that the "Normal" (ie. NON-toner saving) mode is enabled as default.

My printer is a Brother HL-2140L.

Would you know how to reset the application to be what it used to be under Maverick?

[kurt18947]

I am now using Linux Mint 12 and while it is not Ubuntu, I believe the printer application is the same.

I noticed that before printing, the tabs in the pop-up dialog no longer offer the choice of "Draft" or "Normal" when printing PDFs. I assume that the "Normal" (ie. NON-toner saving) mode is enabled as default.

My printer is a Brother HL-2140L.

Would you know how to reset the application to be what it used to be under Maverick?

I've only used Mint 12 as a live session, I've never installed it to a hard drive. Mint 12 is based on Gnome 3 shell which is my default. Your problem with the inability to set default print modes seems like a shortcoming of Gnome shell's interface. Unity and Xfce-desktop offer more printer options than Gnome 3 shell and I assume Mint 12. Below is my printer window:
printers.png
Options is print jobs, not printer settings. I can usually select print quality from within applications but it's a bother to change it each time.