How to Install Brother MFC-J470DW Printer Drivers on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty LTS 32-64bit Easy Guide

Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Installing Brother MFC-J470DW Printer Drivers

You are Welcome! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install and Getting-Started with Brother MFC-J470DW All-in-One Inkjet Printer, Scanner and Fax for Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty LTS Linux.

Included inside the Article a Link to Guide about Get Started Scanning on Ubuntu Linux.

1. Download Brother MFC-J470DW Printer Linux Driver

   Brother ‘Driver Install Tool’ for Ubuntu

   Brother Drivers.

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 MFC-J470DW Drivers

   ./linux-brprinter-installer*

   When Prompted Insert the Brother Printer Model ‘MFCJ470DW‘!
   
   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

6. Finally, Go to System Settings and Add Printer

7. Getting-Started Faxing with Brother MFC-J470DW on Ubuntu

   Brother MFC-J470DW Fax Quick Start

   Brother Fax Quick Start.

8. Get Started Scanning on Ubuntu

   GNU/Linux Scanning Quick Start Guide

   GNU/Linux Scanner Quick Start Guide.