How to Install Brother MFC-J5720DW Driver on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic LTS Easy Guide

Brother MFC-J5720DW Driver Ubuntu 18.04 Installation Guide

You are Welcome! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Brother MFC-J5720DW Driver for Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic LTS GNU/Linux.

And to Install Brother MFC-J5720DW Driver on Ubuntu Bionic is Easy because it’s enough to Get and Run the Installation Script.

Moreover, included inside the Article a Link to Guide about Getting-Started Brother MFC-J5720DW Scanning on Ubuntu Linux.

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

   

2. Download Brother MFC-J5720DW 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-J5720DW Drivers

   ./linux-brprinter-installer*

   When Prompted Insert the Brother Printer Model ‘MFC-J450DW‘!
   
   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. Get Started Scanning on Ubuntu

   GNU/Linux Scanning Quick Start Guide

   GNU/Linux Scanner Quick Start Guide.