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How can I connect to my Brother MFC-6800 printer over USB?

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I found the MFC-6800 in this list under "laser1". So, then I installed the package brother-lpr-drivers-laser1 Install brother-lpr-drivers-laser1. After that, when I added the printer, Ubuntu automatically recognized it.

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