I found these instructions for a different Brother model and I amended them to suit the HL 2240. I hope it will help other newbies. My strongest advice is to be very aware of letter case when typing into Terminal. Step 1: Open Terminal by selecting Applications ---- Terminal from the task bar. (Or Ctrl-Alt-T) Step 2: Type or Copy & Paste the following into Terminal and press enter: sudo apt-get install tcsh Step 3: Download the LPR Driver and CUPS Wrapper. Locate your model & download your 'Debian' (The deb format) LPR printer driver from HERE: Locate your model & download your 'Debian' (Again, The deb format) CUPS wrapper from the same page.

Step 4: Now change to the directory to which the drivers were downloaded. Presuming you downloaded the driver to your desktop Type or Copy & Paste the following into Terminal: cd Desktop (In my case cd Downloads) Step 5: Create the lpd directory. This is the first I have encountered this but in Hardy the directory had to be created. Skip this and move on to Step 7 if you're using Gutsy or below. In terminal Type or Copy & Paste the following command: sudo mkdir /var/spool/lpd Step 6: Install the LPR Driver. In terminal Type or Copy & Paste the following command: sudo dpkg -i --force-all hl2240lpr-2.1.0-1.i386.deb Step 7: Create the model directory.

As with the lpd directory this is the first I have encountered this but in Hardy the directory had to be created. Skip this and move on to Step 9 if you're using Gutsy or below. In terminal Type or Copy & Paste the following command: sudo mkdir /usr/share/cups/model If you get error message: mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/share/cups/model': File exists This is OK. Go on to step 8.

Brother drivers for Linux >download ( printer driver ) Download (Printer Driver) PRODUCT INDEX: DCP. Install Instruction: lpr driver. This memo helps you to install the Multifunction printer BROTHER MFC-J4510DW using a network connection. Local printing though USB is not the goal of this memo. You can download drivers from the Brother support page for your printer.

Step 8: (This is the part that drove me crazy. The original instructions had a driver for another printer model that I had to delete, and then type in my printer driver file name. Vinyl Siding Assn Installation Manual Online here. After the lpr file went so smoothly, I couldn't see why the cupswrapper file wasn't found. Then it finally dawned on me.

The model number of my saved file was in caps HL2240. After I entered that into terminal, all was well again.) Now install the CUPS wrapper driver. In terminal Type or Copy & Paste the following command: sudo dpkg -i --force-all cupswrapperHL2240-2.0. Ahm 250 Material Pdf Converter more. 4-2.i386.deb Step 9: From the task bar go to: System ---- Administration ---- Printing, select your printer and click Print Test Page. Or from Unity, click on dash; type printers; click on printers icon.

The HL 2240 should be there. Click on the printer, and click print test page. Good Luck, Gary.

At this point, I opened “Printers” from Unity, deleted the printer that was automatically installed, and clicked on “Add new printer”, and chose the entry corresponding to DCP-7060D. Now the test page worked. Troubleshooting: For some odd reason, on my new Ubuntu 14.04 installation, www.brother.com could not be resolved by the installation script (wget timeout). I had to manually add the following line to /etc/hosts: 23.55.58.66 www.brother.com Installing Scanner drivers: Download the scanner DEBs from the dpkg -i --force-all brscan4-0.4.3-2.amd64.deb dpkg -i --force-all brscan-skey-0.2.4-1.amd64.deb dpkg -i --force-all brother-udev-rule-type1-1.0.0-1.all.deb After installation, CUPS can be managed from Manufacturer instructions for installation: Login as a superuser ( or use “sudo” option if it is required ) Check if pre-required procedures are completed For Debian/Ubuntu 64 bit For Ubuntu8.04 or greater. Download drivers Download LPR driver and cupswrapper driver. Install LPR driver and cupswrapper driver Turn on the printer and connect the USB cable. Open the terminal and go to the directory where the drivers are.

Install LPR driver.The install process may take some time. Please wait until it is complete.

Command (for dpkg): dpkg -i –force-all (lpr-drivername) Install cupswrapper driver.The install process may take some time. Please wait until it is complete.

Command (for dpkg): dpkg -i –force-all (cupswrapper-drivername) Check if the LPR driver and cupswrapper driver are installed Command (for dpkg): dpkg -l grep Brother Depending on the connection type you are using (USB or Network), follow one of the steps below. (for USB Connection) Open a web browser and go to “Check if the Device URI of your printer is “usb://Brother/(your printer’s model name)” If the device URI is different from the example above, please go to “Modify Printer” of your printer to select proper device and driver.