How to Install Brother Printer on Ubuntu 18.04 – Step-by-step

Installing Driver

2. 2. Downloading Brother Printer Driver

   Download the Brother Printer Driver Installer for Linux

   Brother Printer .gz Installer

   Brother Printer Linux Driver Installer

   First, Choose Driver Install Tool
   Then Select the Language: English or English (China)
   The Driver Installation Script is the Same for All Brother Printers!

3. 3. Extracting Brother Printer Driver

   Then Extract Brother Printer Driver into /tmp
   Possibly Double-Click and Open with Archive Manager:

   

   Or from Command Line:

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

4. 4. Installingg Brother Printer Driver

   Next to Install Brother Printer Driver
   First, Access the Target with:

   cd /tmp

   And then Give Execution Permission:

   chmod +x linux-brprinter-installer*

   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo.

   Then to Install Brother Printer Driver
   Run the Installer with:

   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