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HOW TO INSTALL BROTHER PRINTER DRIVER ON UBUNTU 17.10 DRIVERS
HOW TO INSTALL BROTHER PRINTER DRIVER ON UBUNTU 17.10 UPDATE
HOW TO INSTALL BROTHER PRINTER DRIVER ON UBUNTU 17.10 DRIVER

Note that paths to the embedded filter where also changed. The target file names for the ppd and filter are changed so they are installed into the same directory as the PKGBUILD.It was done by wrapping irrelevant instructions by if false then. " or whatever there is that emits *.ppd or filter to separate file. All commands are disabled except " cat.For instance, for the brother-hl2030 AUR package, the PKGBUILD changes three things: The CUPS driver's RPM should contain a single shell script.

HOW TO INSTALL BROTHER PRINTER DRIVER ON UBUNTU 17.10 DRIVER

The lpr driver does not need to be installed, so the PKGBUILD can just extract the files in the lpr driver's RPM package.

The CUPS driver package uses paths that are not compliant with the Arch packaging standards.

It extracts the ppd and filter, and performs some installation procedures in a Red Hat-specific way. It is executed by rpm during installation.

The CUPS driver package contains a single installation shell script with an embedded ppd and filter.

The CUPS driver is built on top of the lpr driver.

HOW TO INSTALL BROTHER PRINTER DRIVER ON UBUNTU 17.10 DRIVERS

Unfortunately, Brother's drivers have some issues: Git remote add downstream brother-hll9200cdw-lpr-bin.git Git remote add downstream brother-hll9200cdw-cups-bin.git To submit your driver to AUR, finally run: Put your previously created PKGBUILD file into the according folder. Git clone brother-hll9200cdw-cups-bin.git In order to create a new AUR repository for your printer driver, register an account with then git clone a new non-existing repository that matches your newly chosen package names, e.g.: If everything works, do not forget to push your new driver to AUR. Md5sums=(" 0a802088aac7236a3c309b2b46b37f11")įinally, use makepkg to test/install your newly created PKGBUILD file(s). Pkgdesc=" CUPS wrapper for Brother HL-L9200CDW(T) printer" Create the PKGBUILD file for the cups wrapper, too:

HOW TO INSTALL BROTHER PRINTER DRIVER ON UBUNTU 17.10 UPDATE

Md5sums=(" 30124df7d49362906a2a118eff3c710e")ĭo not forget to update the md5sum and pkgver version should be the same version as brother's printer drivers (please note versions might differ for lpr and cups wrapper). Pkgdesc=" LPR driver for Brother HL-L9200CDW(T) printer" The following PKGBUILD example has been based on brother-hll8360cdw-cups-bin AUR but has been adjusted for HL-L9200CDW lpr printer driver: Change url= to the URL of brothers support page for your specific printer model (for HL-L9200CDW this would be ), source= needs to be adjusted to the URL of the. You will need to adjust the package name, probably to a new name for your specific printer model.

deb packages, use existing PKGBUILD files from brother-hll8360cdw-lpr-bin AUR and brother-hll8360cdw-cups-bin AUR as templates. Once you have obtained the download URLs for both. Therefore you will need to obtain the direct download links for both. deb packages directly from the URL provided by brother. It is possible to create a PKGBUILD file that will automatically download and install the. Both can be found on Brother's "Support & Downloads" page, e.g. deb packages, one being the LPR driver and the other one being a cups wrapper (running on top of lpr driver).

Once those two files are installed, the printer can be added in CUPS.īrother is offering a "Driver Install Tool" as well as two.