Brother MFU on RHEL

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Create prerequisite link:

cd /etc/init.d
ln -s cups lpd

Install LPD and CUPS drivers in the following order order:

rpm -ivh brmfc8860dnlpr-2.0.1-1.i386.rpm (FIXME!!!)
rpm -ivh cupswrapperMFC8860DN-2.0.1-1.i386.rpm (FIXME!!!)

Manually rename automatically created printer:

service cups stop
cd /etc/cups/ppd
mv MFC8860DN.ppd Brother2.ppd
vi /etc/cups/printers.conf

Change MFC8860DN to Brother2 

service cups start

Fix device name

lpadmin -p Brother2 -v usb://Brother/MFC-8860DN

(to return to automatic device name):

lpadmin -p Brother2 -v usb:/dev/usb/lp0

Fix device information

lpadmin -p Brother2 -D "2nd Brother MFC8860DN" -L "server.ourdom.com"

Fix device access

lpadmin -p Brother2 -u allow:root,remroot,@printlords -E

 

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