How to Install Brother HL-4040CN Driver on Linux Mint 18 LTS

Brother HL-4040CN Driver Linux Mint 18 Installation Guide

Hello Mint User! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Brother HL-4040CN Driver on Linux Mint 18.x Sarah/Serena/Sonya/Sylvia LTS 32/64-bit Mate/Cinnamon/KDE/Xfce GNU/Linux Desktop.

And the Brother HL-4040CN Mint 18 Setup is assured by Gutenprint, a suite of Printer Drivers for UNIX, Linux, and macOS systems that use CUPS as their printing system.

Moreover, Gutenprint Suite currently Supports over 2600 printers.

Most Noteworthy, before installation Check Gutenprint Driver Brother HL-4040CN Supported Models.

1. Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   

   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.

2. Installing Required Packages.

   sudo apt install gcc libtool libssl-dev libc-dev 
   libjpeg-turbo8-dev libpng12-dev libtiff5-dev cups

3. Download GutenPrint Source for Linux

   GutenPrint tar.xz Source

   Gutenprint GNU/Linux Source

4. Double-Click on Archive
   And Extract into /tmp

   

5. Installing Gutenprint on Mint Linux.

   cd /tmp/gutenprint*

   ./configure

   make clean

   make

   sudo make install

   The Installation will be Quickly Achieved in about 5 Minutes.
   For further Instructions and Details Look into the README File…