Can't get brother MFC-J480 Printer to work - Printer not responding.
 

Hi, I run Ubuntu 14.04 on a Latitude E6510.

Downloaded drivers from brother.

Printer recognizes network.

Laptop finds printer.

Printer can't be accessed, however.

Including pertinent screen shots to aid in fixing this.

I assume at the second picture you chose "ignore and install"? Did you install the other packages as well? According to the docs I read on Brothers site you should install all the LPR drivers followed by all the cupswrapper drivers.

The page where the drivers are found also has an install script which will take care of installing the printer and scanner drivers: use it.

Here is a guide which you may find useful in getting the printer working:
https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/15.
Brother printers: how to install them in Ubuntu and Linux Mint

Thanks for your replies,

BigRigDriver I did what you suggested and the printer still will not respond.

The bad message stuff is now gone though.

Any Ideas?

Thanks R

If you are using a 64bit version of Ubuntu 14.04, have you installed the necessary support for 32bit programs? See Pre-required Procedure (5) at http://support.brother.com/g/s/id/li...edirect=on#002
Can you ping the printer by name? i.e. Does 'ping -c2 BRW441CA84A12D1' show the printer responding?
When I run 'lpstat -t', my Brother device is listed as:
I use the actual IP address rather than rely on the resolution of the printer name.