How-to Install Brother HL-1212W/HL-1212WE/HL-1212WR Printer Drivers on Linux Mint Easy Guide
March 16th, 2017 by thelinuxevangelistBrother Printer HL-1212W/HL-1212WE/HL-1212WR Quick-Start for Linux Mint
Hello Mint User! This Tutorial Shows You Step-by-Step How-to Install the Brother HL-1212W/HL-1212WE/HL-1212WR Printer Drivers for Linux Mint 32/64-bit GNU/Linux Desktops.
Brother has predisposed a Printers Driver Installer for Linux that will Provide Automatically to Download and Install the needed Dependencies.

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Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands) -
Download the Brother HL-1212W/HL-1212WE/HL-1212WR Printer Driver Installer for Mint:
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Access the Target location
(Usually Downloads go in the Home folder or the Temporary directory /tmp)cd ~/Downloads
Or when downloaded with Firefox maybe:
cd /tmp/mozilla*
To Verify that it’s there List the contents with:
ls .
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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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Give Execution Permission
sudo chmod +x linux-brprinter-installer*
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then Look: Solution
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Installing Brother Printer Drivers
sudo ./linux-brprinter-installer*
When Prompted Insert Your Brother Printer Model!
Then the Installer will Provide Automatically to Download and Install the Printer and eventually also the Scanner Drivers…
When prompted about a Device URI:- For USB Simply Enter “n”!
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For a Network Shared Connection Setup Go to:
http://localhost:631/printers/
Select the Printer
Select “Modify Printer”
Enter Your sudo User Name & Pass
Select the Protocol and Continue…
For Help see Instructions on:http://localhost:631/help/network.html
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Getting-Started with Brother Scanning on Linux Mint:
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