Step-by-step – Brother Printer Installation in Ubuntu 20.04

Installing Driver

4. Installing Brother Printer Driver

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

cd /tmp

Eventually to Check it’s there List the contents:

ls . | grep brprinter

The grep Command refine the output List showing only the Entries matching the Keyword.
Then give Execution Permission:

chmod +x linux-brprinter-installer*

Now to run the Installation Script play:

sudo ./linux-brprinter-installer*

In case of “CUPS is not installed” issue then to see How to Install it Here.

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