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Getting a Brother HL-2250DN Printer to work over Ethernet

The utter frustration of using a new printer with ubuntu/linux. For 3 years I had an HP OfficeJet G55 running on Ubuntu - great! loved it, all was simple and just worked ... then it broke. So I looked ...
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How would I print to a networked Brother MFC-9560CDW?

I've installed the lpr and cupswrapper drivers from Brother, and added the LPD server running on the printer to my CUPS setup, but nothing prints, and no error message is displayed.
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Why doesn't Brother HL 2130 printer work on Ubuntu 13.04?

I'm facing problems with Brother HL 2130 printer on Ubuntu 13.04. It doesn't print anything and all the loaded papers flow away at the same time from the box. How do I resolve this?
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Print errors for Brother HL-5340D on Ubuntu 12.10 / 13.04

Our printer (Brother HL-5340D) does not print correctly on Ubuntu 12.10/13.04. Almost every print-job looks like this: example of faulty print job As you can see, the printer is possessed :). ...
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HL-2240 Brother not printing at margins

It seems like the left margin is fine, but the top and right margins over-run making it seem like the page is cut-off at top and right. It's as if the page were printed too high and too far right. I ...
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Brother DCP-7065DN not printing although it says receiving data

although my printer (connected via USB) is recognized and shows up as the proper model under printers anytime I try to print it says receiving data but then goes back to sleep.
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Install Brother MFC 7360N for beginners

IIm running Ubuntu and want to install my Brother MFC 7360N printer scanner fax. I've tried to just plug in the USB cable, but the only two drivers Ubuntu shows don't work. One of them doesn't react ...
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Brother HL-2270DW stopped printing

Not sure why my printer suddenly stopped printing. I have a Brother HL-2270DW connected via USB. The /var/log/syslog show the the following when I unplug and replug the USB cord in. The only thing ...
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Brother MFC6490CW Printer Drivers

I have recently installed Ubuntu 12.10 and can not get my Brother MFC6490CW printer to work. When I try to install the device, Ubuntu does not find a driver.
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Installing a Brother MFC-240C on 12.10

I recently installed Ubuntu 12.10, 64-bit, with encryption, on my laptop. I've got an old Brother MFC-240C that's connected via a USB port. I was able to locate the appropriate drivers on the ...
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installing Brother DCP-J315W

I want to install a Brother DCP-J315W printer. I use Ubuntu 12.04 When I search in Brother solutions center there are drivers but they come with the instruction too bad to install. Are there other ...
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Brother mfc5490cn stopped working after updates

The printer mode is:"In process Waiting for printer to become available". It was working in December, maybe also in Januar, but after some updates, it has stopped working. I installed the two ...
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Unable to print PDF correctly

When I try to print a PDF, it prints, but the first page has weird symbols replacing some of the letters (notice that the symbols look similar to the letters that should be there): The second page ...
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Install Brother MFC-5895cw Ubuntu 12.04

I tried to install a MFC-5895CW Brother printer on Ubuntu 12.04, I have done this before on previous versions of Ubuntu, but it seems that it is not supported by Brother anymore for Ubuntu 12.04? You ...
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Brother MFC 240C will not print but shows job as completed

I'm using a USB connected Brother MFC-240C printer with Ubuntu 12.10. I installed the printer with the printer drivers found online with the Printers tool. However, when I perform a print operation, ...
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How to install a Brother HL2270dw laser printer?

How can I install my Brother HL2270dw laser printer? There are no drivers available in the Software Center.
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Change printer sleep time

Background: Brother HL-2270DW printer configured with my Xubuntu 12.10 over my home network. Whenever it finishes printing something, the fan keeps running for about 2 hours before going to sleep. ...
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How do I get a Brother DCP-145C Printer working? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Cannot get a Brother DCP-145C printer to work Ubuntu 12.10 is refusing to acknowledge printer or the old drivers from brother. Been having this problem for the last few ...
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Install Brother MFC295CN drivers to Ubuntu

I'm trying to get the drivers for my printer going, and not doing well. I tried the following: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1377270 and the sudo dpkg -i PACKAGE.deb format. It installs the ...
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Printing is delayed in 12.10

I use Ubuntu 12.10 on my laptop (Intel CORE 2 DUO @ 2.0 GHz, 2 GB RAM) with a network printer (Brother MFC-8710DW) and the printing is very delayed. I am using the newest version of the cupswrapper ...
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How to install a Brother dcp-135c printer?

Recently moved over onto Ubuntu. First time for anything like this for me as I'm coming from Windows but I'm here and ready to learn. The only problems Ive experienced so are saving in Libre office ...
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Installing Brother DCP-7030 - aa-complain: Command not found [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to configure Brother DCP-7030 Scanner? I've only been using Ubuntu for a few months now (12.04 LTS), and decided to try to install my printer. Running through the ...
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Brother DCP-165C driver - where to find it? [closed]

It seems there are drivers for many Brother printers but not for the DCP-165C. Anyone any ideas where I can get it ?. I tried downloading from here : ...
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I cant print on my brother DCP-J525W printer

I recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop because i like the way it works. Everything work perfect, the only problem is i cant use my Brother DCP-J525W printer on Ubuntu. I tried downloading ...
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Paper gets out HL-2250DN to slow

I've got a printer 'Brother HL-2250DN'. My problem: it sometimes prints extremely slow...! My Ubuntu: Precise Pangolin
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How to install Brother DCP-7060D printer?

I'm new to Linux and have installed ubuntu 12.04 (32bits). I downloaded and installed the drivers from the Brother solutions. sudo dpkg -i --force-all (lpr-drivername) But when try to add printer ...
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Getting my brother MFC-J825DW working as a network scanner

I've been attempting to set up my new brother multi-function device to work as a printer and scanner using the following steps. It is connected to the network as a LAN device, not directly connected ...
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How to install a Brother HL-6 printer?

I have been trying to get an old but good laserprinter to work with Ubuntu 12.04. According to the documentation, the printer can emulate the HP Laserjet IIP printer, and works with PCL4. The printer ...
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How do I get a Brother dcp8070d printer working?

I installed ubuntu 12.04. I downloaded and installed the drivers from the Brother solutions, but the printer does not receive data for printing. The model of the Brother laser printer is dcp8070d. ...
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Brother HL-4150CDN prints text with wrong resolution on ubuntu 12.04 - Where can I fix this?

I have a really nasty problem when printing with Ubuntu 12.04 x64 : Text resolution is wrong ; bitmaps and vector graphics print perfectly at 2400 or 600 dpi, but text does not. It looks ugly, ...
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How do I get a Brother DCP-315CN printer working?

I need detailed instructions for an absolute beginner to install my brother dcp-315cn under ubuntu 11.10. I hope someone can help me with this problem.
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Printers get signal - but why don't they print in 11.10?

(refers to Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric) I set up a printer connected via USB (Canon MP630) and a network-printer (Brother HL-2030 via Fritz!Box 3270). When I try to print something the files get sent to the ...
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How do I print labels with a Brother PT-9500PC?

We are converting our company from Windows to Ubuntu and we need to print technical labels with Brother PT-9500PC printer connected over USB directly to the computer. Ubuntu does have the driver in ...
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How to install a Brother MFC-5890CN network printer?

How to install Network Printer (Brother MFC-5890CN) in Ubuntu 11.10. Anybody can help me to install this printer in Ubuntu 11.10?
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Brother MFC-8860DN is not working after upgrade to 11.10

I upgraded to ubuntu 11.10 from 11.04 and my brother MFC-8860DN (duplex and network printer, scanner and copier) stopped printing. I did not check scanner possibility. Now it is not important for ...
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How do I install a driver for a Brother MFC-J270W printer?

I own a Brother Printer/Scanner, model MFC-J270W. I'm running on both a Sony Vaio laptop with ATI graphics and a core i5, and an older Dell desktop with a Core 2 Duo. I had no problems installing it ...
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MFC-240C printer still not showing up after installing lpr drivers [closed]

I am trying to get my Brother MFC-240C printer to work but I think I must be missing a step. I think I successfully installed the lpr drivers using the command supplied in this post but the printer ...