May 25, 2011. This printer worked great for me when I was running Mac OSX. I put Ubuntu on my Macbook Pro 3,1 and now I am having trouble installing the driver I need (Brother MFC-J6710DW). The printer setup 'wizard' in Ubuntu did not have this model listed in the list of drivers it found for the Brother printer (I guess. Recently, I bought a new Brother MFC-J430w to replace my Canon PIXMA MP258. This is my first wireless MFC. Linux driver doesn't comes with the CD, I need to download from MFC-J430w Linux (rpm) Downloads for my OpenSuSE 13.1. Pull down and select Linux (deb) from OS if you are using Debian.

Question: I have a Brother HL-2270DW laser printer, and want to print documents from my Linux box using this printer. How can I install an appropriate Brother printer driver on my Linux computer, and use it? Brother is well known for its affordable. You can get a high-quality WiFi/duplex-capable laser printer for less than 200USD, and the price keeps going down. On top of that, they provide reasonably good Linux support, so you can download and install their printer driver on your Linux computer. I bought model more than a year ago, and I have been more than happy with its performance and reliability.

Here is how to install and configure a Brother printer driver on Linux. In this tutorial, I am demonstrating the installation of a USB driver for Brother HL-2270DW laser printer. So first connect your printer to a Linux computer via USB cable. Preparation In this preparation step, go to the official, and search for the driver of your Brother printer by typing printer model name (e.g., HL-2270DW). Once you go to the download page for your Brother printer, choose your Linux platform. For Debian, Ubuntu or their derivatives, choose 'Linux (deb)'.

For Fedora, CentOS or RHEL, choose 'Linux (rpm)'. On the next page, you will find a LPR driver as well as CUPS wrapper driver for your printer. The former is a command-line driver, while the latter allows you to configure and manage your printer via web-based administration interface. Especially the CUPS-based GUI is quite useful for (local or remote) printer maintenance.

It is recommended that you install both drivers. So click on 'Driver Install Tool' and download the installer file. Before proceeding to run the installer file, you need to do one additional step if you are using a 64-bit Linux system.

Since Brother printer drivers are developed for 32-bit Linux, you need to install necessary 32-bit libraries on 64-bit Linux as follows. On older Debian (6.0 or earlier) or Ubuntu (11.04 or earlier), install the following package.

$ sudo sh./linux-brprinter-installer-2.0.0-1 You will be prompted to type a printer model name. Type the model name of your printer, for example 'HL-2270DW'. After agreeing to GPL license agreement, accept default answers to any subsequent questions.

Now LPR/CUPS printer drivers are installed. Proceed to configure your printer next. Printer Configuration We are going to configure and manage a Brother via CUPS-based web management interface. First, verify that CUPS daemon is running successfully. $ sudo netstat -nap grep 631 Open a web browser window, and go to You will see the following CUPS printer management interface. Crystal Cs4281 Audio Driver For Windows 7.

Go to 'Administration' tab, and click on 'Manage Printers' under Printers section. You must see your printer (HL-2270DW) listed in the next page. Click on the printer name. In the dropdown menu titled 'Administration', choose 'Set As Server Default' option. This will make your printer system-wide default. When asked to authenticate yourself, type in your Linux login information. Now the basic configuration step is mostly done.

To test print, open any document viewer application (e.g., PDF viwer), and print it. You will see 'HL-2270DW' listed and chosen by default in printer setting. Print should work now. You can see the printer status and manage printer jobs via the same CUPS web interface. Using Linux Mint Cinnamon 17.3 My printer is a Brother MFC-8670DN, located on my LAN at 192.168.0.15 with a static address.