Brother MFC-J8850CDW Printer Installation in Linux Mint – Step-by-step

GNU/Linux Mint Printer Brother MFC-J8850CDW Setup – Step-by-step Guide

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Brother MFC-J8850CDW Printer/Scanner in Mint GNU/Linux 17.x/18.x/19.x/20.x/21.x/22.x 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 Mint Installation to achieve the Printer Setup follow the included instructions to Add Printer!

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

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-J8850CDW Printer Driver Installer for Mint

   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!/li>

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