The Retail Detail: Brother Releases Drivers Installer for Linux Users
Ubuntu 10 Users Can Now Install Any Brother Printer with New Tool
Information on his tool can be found at the following web address:
http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/faq_prn.html#f00090
The direct download link to the file is:
http://www.brother.com/cgi-bin/agreement/agreement.cgi?dlfile=http://www.brother.com/pub/bsc/linux/dlf/linux-brprinter-installer-1.0.0-1.gz〈=English_lpr
You will have to right-click the Accept button and select the Save As option.
You will have to know the name for the model of your printer. The list is located at:
http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html
In order to use the tool, you will require the Root password to the machine that you are installing the driver(s) on.
This tool was discovered after two days of searching for Ubuntu 10 drivers for a brother MFC-440CN model printer. On test, it worked very well and prints in all print-enabled applications.
Source:
Brother Solutions Center, url:
http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/faq_prn.html#f00090
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3 Comments
Post a CommentDear John, this is a Linux driver installer, NOT Windows. Therefore you will need to Right-click to get a ".gz" file.
Dear Guest, you will have to go open Terminal and type an s and a u and then hit the return key. Your root password will be needed. Then you will have to navigate to the directory and run the file, all in Terminal - I will post a page with the exact commands probably later today.
The link does not go to a zip.
Right click on "I Accept" does NOT give option to download as a zip.
New link???
how do you install the tool, what are the terminal commands