Install a printer driver

[Gene Heskett]

On Tuesday 16 October 2018 12:20:20 Bill wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am having problems with getting a Brother MFC-J485DW printer to work
> with Linux.  I am using Mint - Rebeca and the Mate desktop.
>
> I deleted the profile for my old printer and then connected the
> printer to my computer with a USB cable.  When I turned the printer on
> a pop-up window said that "No printer driver for Brother MFC-J485D. 
> (It is obvious that there is some communications between the printer
> and the computer.) I clicked on the "search" button.
> A new pop-up window that gave three choices 1. Select printer from
> database  2. Provide PPD file and 3. Search for a printer driver to
> download.
> When I chose 1.  I was told to use a generic text only driver   I did
> but when I used the text only (XED) to print up a test page, nothing
> happened.
>
> I deleted this profile and chose search for a printer driver to
> download.  Nothing was found.
>
> My question is... "How do I get this printer to work?  I obviously
> would like to use as many of the features of the printer as possible. 
> I hope it isn't a "Windows only" printer.  If it is, is there any way
> to make it work with Linux.
>
> Bill Stanley

You goto the brother site and download their linux driver and install 
them.  They usually work. I have two of their printers here.

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Cheers, Gene Heskett
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