Brother MFC-J497DW Printer Installation on CentOS – Step-by-step

GNU/Linux CentOS Printer Brother MFC-J497DW Setup – Step-by-step Guide

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Brother MFC-J497DW Printer in CentOS 7.x/8.x/8-Stream/9-Stream GNU/Linux Desktops.

Brother has developed a Printer Driver Installer Tool for Linux that simplifies the process by automatically downloading and installing the necessary dependencies across various distributions.

Especially relevant: after the Driver Installation to achieve the Printer Setup follow the included instructions to Add Printer!

So this Guide is Valid also for All the others Red Hat Linux Based Distros like:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Oracle Enterprise Linux
• Rocky Linux
• AlmaLinux

Finally, this guide includes detailed Instructions on How to Get Started Brother Scanning on CentOS.

1. 1. Launching Terminal

   First, Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   

2. 2. Downloading Driver

   Download the Brother Printer Driver Installer for Linux

   Brother Printer .gz Linux 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!

3. 3. Extracting Driver

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

   

   Or from Command Line:

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