Brother DCP-1612W/DCP-1612WR/DCP-1612WVB Driver Installation in Debian – Step-by-step

Installing Driver

2. 2. Downloading Brother Printer Driver

   Download the Brother DCP-1612W/DCP-1612WR/DCP-1612WVB Printer Driver Installer for Debian

   Brother Printer .gz Installer

   Brother Printer Linux Driver Installer

   First, Choose Driver Install Tool
   Then Select the Language: English or English (China)
   The Driver Installation Script is the Same for All Brother Printers!
   Especially relevant: in case of Setup Issue you can Search for your Printer Model and then Grab one by one the .deb Packages and then use the Package Manager for a Local Setup.
   In this case you’ll need: LPR printer driver, CUPSwrapper, Scanner driver, Scan-key-too, and Scanner Setting file.

3. 3. Extracting Brother Printer Driver

   Then Extract it into /tmp
   Possibly Double-Click/Right-Click on it to Open with Archive Manager:

   

   Or from Command Line:

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

4. 4. Installing Brother DCP-1612W/DCP-1612WR/DCP-1612WVB Printer Driver

   Then to Install Brother Printer Drivers
   First, access the Target Folder:

   cd /tmp

   And then give Execution Permission with:

   chmod +x linux-brprinter-installer*

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

   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…
   Especially relevant: in case of Issue try first to Enable the 32-bit Architecture:

   sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

   Then make the needed Directory with:

   sudo mkdir -p /var/spool/lpd

   Again you can try to Grab all the .deb Packages as explained before in the Download Step.
   Then access the Target Folder, usually with:

   cd ~/Downloads

   To Check it’s there List the contents with:

   ls . | grep cupswrapper

   The grep Command refine the output List showing only the Entries matching the Keyword.
   But if you are in Trouble to Find the Location on Terminal then See: How to Access Downloads Folder from Browser.
   And last, Install them with:

   sudo apt install ./*br*.deb ./*cupswrapper*.deb ./*lpr*.deb

   Next Run again the Installation Script as in the beginning!
   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