Brother Printer Install Ubuntu

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  1. Install Brother Printer Ubuntu 14.04
  2. Brother Printer Install
  3. Install Printer On Ubuntu
  1. Brother is registered trade marks of Brother Industries, Ltd and its affliates in Japan and in certain other countrie. All other trade marks mentioned in this documents or Websites are the property of their respective owners.
  2. Brother printer drivers It's a Command line install and near the end It asked for a URI (since it's on the net) so I took a chance and copied the URI from the 18.04 install and it worked, I installed simple scan from APP GRID application in the boutique and that works also.
  3. I used the Brother install tool (released in 12/2017) linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.0-1.gz on their support page. You will have to drill down to your specific model and select linux (.deb file) You will have to drill down to your specific model and select linux (.deb file).
  4. How to install brother printer on Ubuntu OS.
Quick and easy command line question (I hope).

Install Brother Printer Ubuntu 14.04

How to Install a Printer Driver to Ubuntu. If your printer didn't automatically get recognized when you booted up your computer, you will need to install it manually.


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My Uncle is wanting to get away from Windows, and decided on Ubuntu.
Got it installed and working, no problem.
Figuring out how to get it to do what he wants, so far,so good.
But we can't get the printer to install. Deal breaker.
So I went Googling and played some LinkTag, and found this on the Brother site:

Brother Printer Install


We have created a tool to help you easily install the printer driver. Follow these instructions to download and use the tool:
http://www.brother.com/cgi-bin/agreement/agreement.cgi?dlfile=http://www.brother.com/pub/bsc/linux/dlf/linux-brprinter-installer-1.0.4-1.gz&lang=English_lpr
Note:
* This tool will install the printer driver automatically, changing the install directories, links and system settings without notice.
* For USB Users:
Connect your Brother machine to the PC before starting to follow the instructions.
1. Click here to download the tool.(linux-brprinter-installer-1.0.4-1.gz, ver.1.0.4-1, 14 KB)
The tool will be downloaded into the default 'Download' directory. (The directory location varies depending on your Linux distribution.)
e.g. /home/(LoginName)/Download
2. Open a terminal window and go to the directory you downloaded the file to in the last step.
3. Enter this command to extract the downloaded file:
Command: gunzip linux-brprinter-installer-1.0.4-1.gz
4. Get superuser authorization with the 'su' command or 'sudo su' command.
5. Run the tool:
Command: bash linux-brprinter-installer-1.0.4-1 Brother machine name
6. The driver installation will start. Follow the installation screen directions.
When you see the message 'Will you specify the DeviceURI ?',
For USB Users: Choose N(No)
For Network Users: Choose Y(Yes) and DeviceURI.
The install process may take some time. Please wait until it is complete.
http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/faq_prn.html#f00104
UnGz'ed it, and after putting copies of the program and the driver (both .rpm and .deb) in the Home, Desktop, and Download folders, I finally got it to run. But it keeps saying there is an error understanding the driver file.
I'm assuming there is something about the way I am typing it that is the problem.
It says to run:
bash linux-brprinter-installer-1.0.4-1 Brother machine name
The command I am running:

Install Printer On Ubuntu


su
bash linux-brprinter-installer-1.0.4-1 mfcj835dwcupswrapper-3.0.0-1.i386.deb
So what am I being brain dead about?
other links
drivers
http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html#MFC-J825DW
Install Instruction : lpr driver cupswrapper driver
http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/before.html#002
Thanks. : )