How to Easy Install the Brother HL-1030 Printer Driver on Ubuntu Linux

Brother HL-1030 Getting-Started Printing on Ubuntu

You are Welcome! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install the HL-1030 Brother Printer in Ubuntu GNU/Linux Desktop.

Most noteworthy: the Brother HL-1030 Driver Installation Procedure is Simple and require only the execution of some Basic Shell’s Commands.

1. Download the Brother Printer Driver Installer for Linux

   Brother Printer .gz Installer

   Brother Printer Linux Driver Installer

   First, Choose Driver Install Tool
   Then Select the Language: English or English (China)
   The Driver Installation Script is the Same for All Brother Printers!

2. Double-Click on Archive Extract into /tmp

   

   Or from Command Line:

   gunzip -c $HOME/Downloads/linux-brprinter-installer*.gz > /tmp/linux-brprinter-installer

3. Open Terminal Window
   Ctrl+Alt+t
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   

4. 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*

5. Installing Brother Printer Drivers

   ./linux-brprinter-installer*

   When Prompted Insert ‘HL-1030’ as 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”!
   • 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

   Last to Achieve the SuperUser session:

   exit