How to Install Brother MFC-J5520DW Printer Drivers on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty LTS 32-64bit Easy Guide

Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Installing Brother MFC-J5520DW Printer Drivers

You are Welcome! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install and Getting-Started with Brother MFC-J5520DW 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-J5520DW 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-J5520DW Drivers

   ./linux-brprinter-installer*

   When Prompted Insert the Brother Printer Model ‘MFC-J5520DW‘!
   
   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-J5520DW on Ubuntu

   Brother MFC-J5520DW 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.