GNU/Linux Fedora Printer Brother MFC-J1205W/MFC-J1215W Setup – Step-by-step Guide
Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Brother MFC-J1205W/MFC-J1215W Printer in Fedora, Mageia, and SUSE GNU/Linux 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 Fedora Installation to achieve the Printer Setup follow the included instructions to Add Printer!
So the Brother MFC-J1205W/MFC-J1215W Driver Installation procedure is Valid also for:
- openSUSE
- Mageia
- OpenMandriva
- ROSA
- Nobara
- Quebe OS
- Ultramarine
- risiOS
Finally, this guide includes detailed Instructions on How to Get Started Brother Scanning on Fedora.
1. Launching Terminal
Open a Terminal Shell emulator window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
2. Downloading Brother Printer Driver
Download the Brother MFC-J1205W/MFC-J1215W Printer Driver Installer for Fedora
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 .rpm 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. 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. Installing Brother MFC-J1205W/MFC-J1215W 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 make the needed Directory with:sudo mkdir -p /var/spool/lpd
Again you can try to Grab all the .rpm 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 yuo are in Trouble to Find it out on Terminal then See: How to Access Downloads Folder from Browser.
And last to Install them with:sudo yum install ./*br*.rpm ./*cupswrapper*.rpm ./*lpr*.rpm
Or in case of SUSE:sudo zypper in ./*br*.rpm ./*cupswrapper*.rpm ./*lpr*.rpm
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
5. Adding Brother Printer
How to Add Brother Printer in GNU/Linux Desktops
6. Get Started Brother Scanning
Getting-Started with Brother MFC-J1205W/MFC-J1215W Scanner on Fedora
Scanner Brother MFC-J1205W/MFC-J1215W Fedora Quick Start