Install Brother Printer on Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Linux
You are Welcome! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Brother Printer in Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet i386/amd64 GNU+Linux Desktop.
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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
chmod +x linux-brprinter-installer*
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
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Installing Brother Printer Drivers
sudo ./linux-brprinter-installer*
In case of “CUPS is not installed” issue then to see How to Install it Here.
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”!
- 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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