How to Install Brother MFC-J875DW Printer Drivers & Quick-Start Scanning on Ubuntu Linux-GNU Easy Guide

Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Installing Brother MFC-J875DW Printer Drivers

You are Welcome! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install and Getting-Started Printing, Scanning and Faxing with Brother MFC-J875DW All-in-One Inkjet Printer on Ubuntu GNU+Linux 32-64-bit Desktop.

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

1. Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
   Ctrl+Alt+t
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   

2. Download Brother MFC-J875DW Printer Linux Driver

   Brother ‘Driver Install Tool’ for Ubuntu

   Brother Drivers.

3. Double-Click on Archive Extract into /tmp

   

   Or from Command Line:

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

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-J875DW Drivers

   ./linux-brprinter-installer*

   When Prompted Insert the Brother Printer Model ‘MFCJ875DW‘!
   
   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-J875DW on Ubuntu

   Brother MFC-J875DW 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.