How-to Quick-Start with Brother Fax on Elementary OS GNU / Linux Easy Guide

May 23, 2016 | By thelinuxevangelist | Filed in: Tutorial.

Brother Fax Quick-Start for Elementary OS

The Linux Tutorial Shows You Step-by-step How-to Install the Brother Fax Driver Software and Getting-Started Sending Fax on Elementary OS i386/amd64 GNU+Linux Desktop.

Following the Instructions then You’ll be Able to Send Faxes from the Elementary OS Command Line Shell Terminal Emulator.

Brother Fax Quick-Start on Elementary OS - Featured

Download Brother LPR PC-FAX Driver for Elementary OS:

Brother LPR PC-FAX Driver

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

Installing Brother Fax Driver

sudo su -c "apt-get install gdebi"

sudo su -c "gdebi ./brmfcfaxlpd-1.0.0-1.i386.deb"

sudo if [ ! -d "/var/spool/lpd" ]; then mkdir /var/spool/lpd; fi

If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then Look: Solution

Quick-Start Brother Faxing
- Set a fax number
```
sudo nano /usr/local/Brother/inf/brFAXrc
```
  Input the fax_number=[12345678]
  Ctrl+x to Save & Exit from nano Editor :)
- Sending a FAX from Command Line
```
lpr -P BRFAX /[path/2/myFile2Send]
```

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