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brother mfc 2740dw driver linux
1.0 download file and extract it (or manually from the above keywords search or with the following command):
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wget download.brother.com/welcome/dlf006893/linux-brprinter-installer-*.*.*-*.gz
gunzip linux-brprinter-installer-*
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chmod +x linux-brprinter-installer-*
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./linux-brprinter-installer-* mfcl2740dw
Input:
You are going to install following packages.
mfcl2740dwlpr-3.2.0-1.i386.rpm
...
OK? [y/N] ->y
Licence Brother ...
Do you agree? [y/N] ->y
Licence Brother ...
Do you agree? [y/N] ->y
Will you specify the Device URI? [Y/n] ->y
select the number of destination Device URI. ->12
enter IP address ->192.168.0.108 # you give the network address of the printer
Test Print? [y/N] ->y
wait 5s.
lpr -P MFCL2740DW /usr/share/cups/data/testprint
***no printing output for my printer, if it works for you great you are in business. There is a fix mentioned later in this post about the printer driver***
You are going to install following packages.
brscan4-0.4.4-1.x86_64.rpm
OK? [y/N] ->y
enter IP address ->192.168.0.108 # you give the network address of the printer
...
brsaneconfig4 -a name=MFC-L2740DW model=MFC-L2740DW ip=192.168.0.108
Complete terminal output for MFC-L2740DW
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root@porteus:~# bash linux-brprinter-installer-*.*.*-* MFC-L2740DW
You are going to install following packages.
mfcl2740dwlpr-3.2.0-1.i386.rpm
mfcl2740dwcupswrapper-3.2.0-1.i386.rpm
brscan4-0.4.4-1.x86_64.rpm
brscan-skey-0.2.4-1.x86_64.rpm
OK? [y/N] ->y
rpm -ihv --nodeps --replacefiles --replacepkgs mfcl2740dwlpr-3.2.0-1.i386.rpm
Preparing... ################################# [100%]
Updating / installing...
1:mfcl2740dwlpr-3.2.0-1 ################################# [100%]
/opt/brother/Printers/MFCL2740DW/inf/braddprinter: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘/etc/opt/brother/Printers/MFCL2740DW/inf/brMFCL2740DWrc’: File exists
rpm -ihv --nodeps --replacefiles --replacepkgs mfcl2740dwcupswrapper-3.2.0-1.i386.rpm
Preparing... ########################################
Updating / installing...
mfcl2740dwcupswrapper-3.2.0-1 ########################################
ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘/usr/share/cups/model/brother-MFCL2740DW-cups-en.ppd’: File exists
lpadmin -p MFCL2740DW -E -v usb://dev/usb/lp0 -P /usr/share/cups/model/brother-MFCL2740DW-cups-en.ppd
#
Will you specify the Device URI? [Y/n] ->y
0: hp
1: ipps
2: ipp
3: https
4: http
5: socket
6: lpd
7: beh
8: smb
9: hpfax
10: bjnp
11: lpd://BRW40490F90BE81/BINARY_P1
12 (I): Specify IP address.
13 (A): Auto. (usb://dev/usblp0)
select the number of destination Device URI. ->12
enter IP address ->192.168.0.108
lpadmin -p MFCL2740DW -v socket://192.168.0.108 -E
Test Print? [y/N] ->y
wait 5s.
lpr -P MFCL2740DW /usr/share/cups/data/testprint
You are going to install following packages.
brscan4-0.4.4-1.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ihv --nodeps --replacefiles --replacepkgs brscan4-0.4.4-1.x86_64.rpm
Preparing... ################################# [100%]
Updating / installing...
1:brscan4-0.4.4-1 ################################# [100%]
This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group.
You are going to install following packages.
brscan-skey-0.2.4-1.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ihv --nodeps --replacefiles --replacepkgs brscan-skey-0.2.4-1.x86_64.rpm
Preparing... ################################# [100%]
Updating / installing...
1:brscan-skey-0.2.4-1 ################################# [100%]
ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘/etc/opt/brother/scanner/brscan-skey/brscan_
ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘/etc/opt/brother/scanner/brscan-skey/brscan_
ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘/etc/opt/brother/scanner/brscan-skey/brscan-
ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘/usr/bin/brscan-skey’: File exists
warning: %post(brscan-skey-0.2.4-1.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
brsaneconfig4 -a name=MFC-L2740DW model=MFC-L2740DW ip=192.168.0.108
root@porteus:~#
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Generic PCL laser