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How to Install Brother Printer on a Linux machine (Debian, Ubuntu, Mint)

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Below is an example of the installation sequence using a known driver URL:

$ wget 
$ gunzip linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.3-1.gz
$ sudo bash linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.3-1

[sudo] password for rooty:

Input model name ->MFC-7460DN

You are going to install following packages.
   mfc7460dnlpr-2.1.0-1.i386.deb
   cupswrapperMFC7460DN-2.0.4-2.i386.deb
   brscan4-0.4.11-1.amd64.deb
   brscan-skey-0.3.1-2.amd64.deb
OK? [y/N] ->y

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Brother License Agreement

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Do you agree? [Y/n] ->y
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GPL License Agreement
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Do you agree? [Y/n] ->y

Will you specify the Device URI? [Y/n] ->y

0: beh
1: socket
2: ipps
3: hp
4: https
5: cups-brf:/
6: lpd
7: ipp
8: smb
9: serial:/dev/ttyS4?baud=115200
10: http
11: hpfax
12: dnssd://Brother%20MFC-7460DN._pdl-datastream._tcp.local/
13: lpd://BRN001BA995F4B2/BINARY_P1
14 (I): Specify IP address.
15 (A): Auto. (dnssd://Brother%20MFC-7460DN._pdl-datastream._tcp.local/)

select the number of destination Device URI. ->14

 enter IP address ->192.168.1.10
lpadmin -p MFC7460DN -v socket://192.168.1.10 -E
Test Print? [y/N] ->n

You are going to install following packages.
   brscan4-0.4.11-1.amd64.deb

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Brother License Agreement
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Do you agree? [Y/n] ->y
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brsaneconfig4 -a name=MFC-7460DN model=MFC-7460DN ip=192.168.1.10
Hit Enter/Return key.

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