Then click the Driver Install Tool and download linux-brprinter-installer. Go to the download section of the Brother website and look up your printer model.
With that, you can install not only the printer driver, but also (for a multifunctional printer) the scanner driver.Ī. Installing the driver manually isn't very difficult either, because Brother has issued a generic install script for that: the Driver Install Tool. If this fails, for example because your printer is too new for the database in your version of Linux Mint or Ubuntu, then proceed with step 3:ģ. In Printers, click the button Add (with the + sign) and follow the steps it offers you. You can use the search box in your menu to find it it's present by default in all editions of Ubuntu and Linux Mint. In that case the application Printers already contains the driver for your printer, but you have to 'indicate' the printer first. Sometimes it's necessary to add a printer or scanner to the system yourself, by means of the application Printers. Ah Success !Ī Brother printer is nowadays easily installable in Ubuntu or Linux Mint. After several unsuccessful attempts at installing my Brother printer drivers I managed to find this tucked away on another forum.
