Brother DCP-120C Driver Linux Mint 19.x Tara/Tessa/Tina/Tricia Setup
You are Welcome! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Download and Install the Brother DCP-120C Driver in GNU/Linux Mint 19.x Tara/Tessa/Tina/Tricia LTS Desktop.
And to Install Brother DCP-120C Printer in Linux Mint 19 it’s Easy with the Linux Driver Install Tool.
So it’s enough you simply follow the detailed instructions to Download and Run the Brother Driver Installation Script.
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Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
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Download the Brother DCP-120C Printer Driver Installer for Linux Mint
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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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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Finally, Add Printer
First, Launch the Printer Configure App
On Mate/Cinnamon Simply Start Typing ‘printer’.
Next Choose Add
And Follow with the Wizard’s Setup…
