How to Install Brother Printer on Mageia

Installing Driver

3. 3. Extracting Brother Printer Driver

   Double-Click on Archive Extract into /tmp

   

   Or from Command Line:

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

4. 4. Installing Brother Printer Driver

   Now to Install Brother Printer in Mageia
   First, Access 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.
   And then give Execution Permission with:

   su -c "chmod +x linux-brprinter-installer*"

   Installing Brother Printer Drivers

   su -c "./linux-brprinter-installer*"

   In case of “CUPS is not installed” then to see How to Install it Here.
   Again you may need to make a fake cups File to turnaround this problem with:

   su -c "touch /etc/init.d/cups"

   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