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 for Ubuntu i386/amd64 Linux Desktop.
Included inside the Article a Link to Guide about Getting-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…
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 User Name & 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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Getting-Started Scanning on Ubuntu
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