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brlaser: Brother laser printer driver
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brlaser is a CUPS driver for Brother laser printers.
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Although most Brother printers support a standard printer language
such as PCL or PostScript, not all do. If you have a monochrome
Brother laser printer (or multi-function device) and the other open
source drivers don't work, this one might help.
This driver has been reported to work with these printers:
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* Brother DCP-1510 series
* Brother DCP-1600 series
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* Brother DCP-7030
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* Brother DCP-7040
* Brother DCP-7055
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* Brother DCP-7055W
* Brother DCP-7060D
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* Brother DCP-7065DN
* Brother DCP-7080
* Brother DCP-L2500D series
* Brother DCP-L2520D series
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* Brother DCP-L2520DW series
* Brother DCP-L2540DW series
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* Brother HL-1110 series
* Brother HL-1200 series
* Brother HL-2030 series
* Brother HL-2140 series
* Brother HL-2220 series
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* Brother HL-2270DW series
* Brother HL-5030 series
* Brother HL-L2300D series
* Brother HL-L2320D series
* Brother HL-L2340D series
* Brother HL-L2360D series
* Brother HL-L2375DW series
* Brother HL-L2390DW
* Brother MFC-1910W
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* Brother MFC-7240
* Brother MFC-7360N
* Brother MFC-7365DN
* Brother MFC-7420
* Brother MFC-7460DN
* Brother MFC-7840W
* Brother MFC-L2710DW series
* Lenovo M7605D
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Other printers
--------------
If your printer isn't included in the list above, just try selecting
any entry marked 'brlaser' and see if it works.
If it does, please create a new issue here in Github and include the
output of this command:
sudo lpinfo --include-schemes usb -l -v
Then I'll be able to add a proper entry for your printer.
Installation
------------
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Some operating systems already ship this driver. This is the case for
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at least Debian, Gentoo, Ubuntu, Raspbian, openSUSE, NixOS, Arch Linux
and Guix.
Look for a package named `printer-driver-brlaser`.
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You'll also need Ghostscript, in case that's not installed
automatically.
Once brlaser is installed, you can add your printer using the usual
CUPS interface.
Building from source
--------------------
To compile brlaser you'll need CMake and the CUPS development packages
(libcups2-dev, libcupsimage2-dev or similar).
Get the code by cloning the git repo <!-- or downloading the [latest
release] -->. Compile and install with these commands:
cmake .
make
sudo make install
It might be needed to restart CUPS after this.
[latest release]: https://github.com/pdewacht/brlaser/releases/latest
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Copyright
---------
Copyright © 2013 Peter De Wachter
brlaser is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
brlaser is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with brlaser. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.