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Driver for (some) Brother laser printers
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brlaser: Brother laser printer driver
=====================================
Most Brother printers support a standard printer language such as PCL
or PostScript, but 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.
brlaser is a CUPS driver for Brother laser printers.
It is known to support these printers:
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 is known to support these printers:
* Brother DCP-1510 series
* Brother DCP-7030
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* Brother DCP-7065DN
* Brother MFC-7360N
Other printers
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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
------------
Ubuntu:
```
sudo apt-get install autoreconf cups-development libcupsimage2-dev
./autogen.sh
make
sudo make install
```
Some operating systems already ship this driver. This is the case for
at least Debian, Ubuntu, Raspbian, openSUSE and Arch Linux. Look for a
package named `printer-driver-brlaser`.
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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