Install Brother Printer on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Linux
You are Welcome! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Brother Printer Driver in Ubuntu GNU/Linux Desktop.
Included inside the Article a Link to Guide about Get Started Scanning on Ubuntu Linux.
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Download the Brother Printer Driver Installer for Linux
First, Choose Driver Install Tool
Then Select the Language: English or English (China)
The Driver Installation Script is the Same for All Brother Printers! -
Double-Click on Archive Extract into /tmp
Or from Command Line:
gunzip -c $HOME/Downloads/linux-brprinter-installer*.gz > /tmp/linux-brprinter-installer
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Open Terminal Window
Ctrl+Alt+t
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
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Give Execution Permission.
cd /tmp
sudo su
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
chmod +x linux-brprinter-installer*
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Installing Brother Printer Drivers
./linux-brprinter-installer*
When Prompted Insert Your Brother Printer Model!
Then the Installer will Provide Automatically to Download and Install the Printer and potentially also the Scanner Drivers…
Again following the CLI wizard, when Prompted about a Device URI:- For a USB Connection Simply Enter “n”!
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For a Network Shared Connection Setup Go to: http://localhost:631/printers/
Select the Printer
Select “Modify Printer”
Enter Your sudo Username & Pass
Select the Protocol and Continue…
For Help see Instructions on:
http://localhost:631/help/network.html
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Finally, Go to System Settings and Add Printer
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Get Started Scanning on Ubuntu
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