Brother MFC-J497DW Printer Installation in Debian – Step-by-step

GNU/Linux Debian 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 Debian-Based 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 Brother Printer Driver Debian Installation to achieve the Printer Setup follow the included instructions to Add Printer!

So the Brother MFC-J497DW Driver Installation procedure is Valid also for:

• Kali
• Deepin
• MX Linux
• antiX
• Parrot
• Netrunner
• Voyager
• SparkyLinux
• MakuluLinux
• Elive Linux
• LMDE
• CrunchBang
• Parsix

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

1. 1. Launching Terminal

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

   
   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
   

2. 2. Downloading Brother Printer Driver

   Download the Brother MFC-J497DW 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