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Driver for (some) Brother laser printers
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brlaser: Brother laser printer driver
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Most Brother printers support a standard printer language such as PCL
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brlaser is a CUPS driver for Brother laser printers.
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or PostScript, but not all do. If you have a monochrome Brother laser
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printer (or multi-function device) and the other open source drivers
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don't work, this one might help.
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It is known to support these printers:
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Although most Brother printers support a standard printer language
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such as PCL or PostScript, not all do. If you have a monochrome
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Brother laser printer (or multi-function device) and the other open
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source drivers don't work, this one might help.
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This driver is known to support these printers:
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* Brother DCP-1510 series
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* Brother DCP-1510 series
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* Brother DCP-7030
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* Brother DCP-7030
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* Brother DCP-7065DN
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* Brother DCP-7065DN
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* Brother MFC-7360N
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* Brother MFC-7360N
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Other printers
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If your printer isn't included in the list above, just try selecting
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any entry marked 'brlaser' and see if it works.
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If it does, please create a new issue here in Github and include the
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output of this command:
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sudo lpinfo --include-schemes usb -l -v
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Then I'll be able to add a proper entry for your printer.
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Installation
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Installation
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Ubuntu:
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Some operating systems already ship this driver. This is the case for
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```
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at least Debian, Ubuntu, Raspbian, openSUSE and Arch Linux. Look for a
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sudo apt-get install autoreconf cups-development libcupsimage2-dev
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package named `printer-driver-brlaser`.
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./autogen.sh
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make
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You'll also need Ghostscript, in case that's not installed
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sudo make install
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automatically.
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```
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Once brlaser is installed, you can add your printer using the usual
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CUPS interface.
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Building from source
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To compile brlaser you'll need CMake and the CUPS development packages
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(libcups2-dev, libcupsimage2-dev or similar).
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Get the code by cloning the git repo <!-- or downloading the [latest
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release] -->. Compile and install with these commands:
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cmake .
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make
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sudo make install
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It might be needed to restart CUPS after this.
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[latest release]: https://github.com/pdewacht/brlaser/releases/latest
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Copyright
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Copyright
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