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

[lizzie2]

Hi,
I have Ubuntu 10.04 & Brother DCP-150c
With regard to Scanner step 6.
10.04 has no "/etc/udev/rules.d/45-libsane.rules"
So i put into "Lib/udev/rules.d/40-libsane.rules" the following which has worked for me.

# Brother DCP-150C
ATTRS{idVendor}=="04f9", ATTRS{idProduct}=="01cf", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes"

all the best Les

[reedhashlock]

I'm trying to setup a brother mfc-295cn as a network printer through a wired LAN and I seem to be running into a bit of trouble.

I read through and followed the instructions on the article and it worked. I was able to install the drivers and detect the printer. I found the printer's IP through the printer menu and copied it in the printer properties on my intended work station.

So after I had everything set up I tried to print a test page and it failed. Waited about 10 mins with no result. I don't know what the problem was if it was the cable I figured that the computer wouldn't be able to detect the printer in the first place.

Anywho I tried the add new printer option in system->administration->printing and selected the network printer option. I placed the ip-add I got from the printer and clicked on find. Lo and behold "no printer found" any ideas?

Running an ubuntu 10.04 by the way and I made sure the printer was on while doing all of this.

edit: I tried to delete the printer and tried to add it again using it's ip, didn't work computer can't find the printer.

[lescrooge]

Don't use the brother web site drivers . In it's stead click on System>Administration>Synaptic package manager. In synaptic's search type "Brother".
You will find a package named "Brother-cups-wrapper-extra" and one named "Brother-lpr-drivers-extra". Click on the Box to mark them for application. Then click on the apply box. Follow along the prompts, enter your password where required and you will be printing.

Hi AbrianB,
Did all that, it found the printer asked for a test page, actually went into the print queue, disappeared, then didn't print.
I'm going to try it on anohter pc with LL before ripping the remains of my hair out.
Incidentally the printer does work, just not on the network.
I've got these Edimax ew 7318Ug usb wirelss dongles.
They flash for 3 seconds on plug-in, then get very hot - and believe this - even with the pc switched OFF!
They don't show up anywhere on the desktop.
I'm beginning to regret buying 2 of them.

I've been thru 3 routers in 3 months.
The first D-link - a 2740B - packed up. Started getting too hot, then losing the place.
D-link say it is the firmware, but I am disinclined to believe them. As I had only recently upgraded the firmware on it.
The second is another D-link, but a vertical one.
Doesn;t get hot, but only has 1 wired netport.
If I had had wirelsss active on KK or even LL I might be able to use it to verify whether it was the The 3rd (Thomson) router or something else.
I am really screwed right now.

TVM
Louis

[lescrooge]

Millagre! On LL I have print. TVM
Now all I need to do is either change the DNS in the router to AutoDNS or find this elisive RT73 GUI installer.
While we are still hooked how do I get back to a post after a reboot.
I noticed someone had a problem solved with scanning, but I cannot find it.
I need to do that too.
Once again many thanks

[thol4u]

Thank you very much for this How-to. The same steps worked for MFC-420CN printer too. I guess mkdir /var/spool/lpd is an important step.
Appreciate your post!

[Beatnink]

Great instructions particularly for a Linux newbie like me, but unfortunately I wasn't able to get past the DPKG command step, as it keeps complaining that the file that I downloaded is not a valid debian format archive.. I running Ubuntu Lucid 10.04. Error message shown below:

root@Office:/home/[user]/Downloads# dpkg -i --force-all dcp130clpr-1.0.1-1.i386.debdpkg-deb: `dcp130clpr-1.0.1-1.i386.deb' is not a debian format archive
dpkg: error processing dcp130clpr-1.0.1-1.i386.deb (--install):
subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
dcp130clpr-1.0.1-1.i386.deb

[imachequa]

It just worked perfect for my DCP-385C... It was installed over Ubuntu 10.4 Netbook edition...

I did encountered a single problem... when trying to print the test page nothing happened. I went to CUPS link (http://localhost:631/) delete the printer and added it again.. then everything was ok.

Notice that when adding the printer I saw two DCP-385C drivers... I took the second one.

BTW... for those of you asking, there are 64Bit drivers over Brother site.

Have a happy printing!!!

[imachequa]

Great instructions particularly for a Linux newbie like me, but unfortunately I wasn't able to get past the DPKG command step, as it keeps complaining that the file that I downloaded is not a valid debian format archive.. I running Ubuntu Lucid 10.04. Error message shown below:

root@Office:/home/[user]/Downloads# dpkg -i --force-all dcp130clpr-1.0.1-1.i386.debdpkg-deb: `dcp130clpr-1.0.1-1.i386.deb' is not a debian format archive
dpkg: error processing dcp130clpr-1.0.1-1.i386.deb (--install):
subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
dcp130clpr-1.0.1-1.i386.deb

Have you tried to download it again? It might be due to a corrupted file

[imachequa]

Scan well quite well for me... I follow the steps but it is pretty much the same information given on brother site...

All for DCP-385c

Additionally for 10.4 the USB permission for regular users is a little bit different... (same as described in brother page)

On "/lib/udev/rules.d/40-libsane.rules" file.


Add below lines... before the end as described in the original post here:
# Brother scanners
ATTRS{idVendor}=="04f9", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes"


Links:
All drivers, intrusions,etc related to linux (at least till 2010-08-29)
http://welcome.solutions.brother.com.../en/index.html

Happy scanning.

[imachequa]

Don't use the brother web site drivers . In it's stead click on System>Administration>Synaptic package manager. In synaptic's search type "Brother".
You will find a package named "Brother-cups-wrapper-extra" and one named "Brother-lpr-drivers-extra". Click on the Box to mark them for application. Then click on the apply box. Follow along the prompts, enter your password where required and you will be printing.

Well it doesn't just work!!! at least not for my system (Samsung NC10 with a Brother DCP-365C printer)

If you check the packages described by abrianb.. they don't include all possible brother printers... so when I did it for my DCP-385C it wasn't part of the drivers and therefore nothing was installed.... I could had installed another driver with my printer just for testing... but this is not a testing box.

Following Brother instructions and together with the very first post on this enormous thread... I managed to have it worked easily... it took me around two hours.. but that is just because I'd to read everything people is saying just to dare doing it on my own system....

BTW... it is now my own system.. it is my wife's and if Ubuntu wants an entry at home.. she needs to approve it!!!