I am running Linux Mint 10 and have had to replace my printer. I chose a Brother because it was compatible with Linux. I installed CUPS and then installed the cupswrapperdriver, format: deb. from the Brother Solutions website. The printer is now recognized and set as the default printer. I have tried for hours to do a print job without success.


the following drivers are also offered:
LPR driver rpm 2.1.0-1 38 KB 2010.Oct.1
cupswrapper driver rpm 2.0.4-2 15 KB 2010.Oct.1
LPR driver deb 2.1.0-1 36 KB 2010.Oct.1

Have tried reading about rpm, but still do not understand.

Have I installed the wrong driver? Any advice would be appreciated.

Juneymoon

Well, what kind of printer subsystem are you using? If you're using dumb-ol' lpr, then you'd use that driver. If you're using CUPS, you'd use that one and so on. You'd probably choose the most-recent version in any case.

per Brother site, shouldn't you have installed the drivers in this order? Well you would choose the .deb files instead.

LPR driver rpm 2.1.0-1 38 KB 2010.Oct.1
cupswrapper driver rpm 2.0.4-2 15 KB 2010.Oct.1

At least that is how I installed the drivers for my MFC-5440cn.

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sundialsvcs:

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, I have no idea what a printer subsystem lpr is. Another learning curve coming up! As for the release date, you will see from my post that they were all issued on the same day. I appreciate your input. J.

Fred:

I think I see what you are saying - Either I installed them in the wrong order, or I should also install the LPR driver deb 2.1.0-1 36 KB, Okay, will try to rectify the situation.

thanks very much for your help. J.

Basically you need to install the deb packages in that particular order:
and then

Also if your version of Mint is 64-bit, you need to install ia32-libs or lib32stdc++ (at least that's recommended for Debian/Ubuntu)


Obviously you need to connect the printer using a usb cable. Once you've got it working you could disconnect the cable and try
to add wireless support (see this link. The wifi instructions should be distro-agnostic)

If you get it working, please let me know if Evince and LibreOffice print correctly. I've got the same printer and have issues with those 2 applications.

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Thank you so much. Printer now working. Just installed as per above instructions. Sicamorex: Don't do Wifi and use OpenOffice, however will try LibreOffice and let you know the results. June

Glad you got it working.

Waiting for your LibreOffice feedback.

I'm running Opensuse 11, just bought an HL-2270 and no driver was autodetected. I opted to choose a driver from the list of all available and chose the HL-2170DW PCL5 driver. It works fine, even duplex works. I've only given it a few quick pages with LibreOffice 3.4, which worked fine.

I also just bought a Brother HL-2270DW and no driver was autodetected in OpenSuSe 12.2. I set this up in YAST using the HL-2170DW driver worked with no errors or problems (test page from CUPS prints, printing from LibreOffice works, duplexing works).