Drivers for Brother MFUs

Short summary: install PC-FAX lpr driver, use "force-override", PC-FAX CUPS driver, manually rename the device, fix device URI, access rules, other parameters.

Brother drivers on Ubuntu

• create prerequired directory

mkdir /usr/share/cups/model

• install PC-FAX lpr driver

dpkg -i --force-overwrite brmfcfaxlpd-1.0.0-1.i386.deb

The --force-overwrite option allows to overwrite the /usr/local/Brother/inf/setupPrintcap filebeloging to the brmfcdnlpr package.

• install PC-FAX CUPS driver

dpkg -i brmfcfaxcups-1.0.0-1.i386.deb

• manually rename the device:

/etc/init.d/cupsys stop
cd /etc/cups
mv ppd/BRFAX.ppd ppd/Fax1.ppd
vi printers.conf

change <Printer BRFAX> to <Printer Fax1>

/etc/init.d/cupsys start

• fix device URI:

lpadmin -p Fax1 -v usb://Brother/MFC-8860DN

• to restore original URI:

lpadmin -p Fax1 -v usb:/dev/usb/lp0

• fix access rules:

lpadmin -p Fax1 -u allow:root,remroot,@faxlords

• fix other parameters:

lpadmin -p Fax1 -o printer-error-policy=abort-job
                -o printer-is-shared=true

Brother drivers on RHEL

• install PC-FAX lpr driver

rpm -ivh brmfcfaxlpd-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm

• install PC-FAX CUPS driver

rpm -ivh brmfcfaxcups-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm

• manually rename the device:

service cups stop
cd /etc/cups
mv ppd/BRFAX.ppd ppd/Fax2.ppd
vi printers.conf

change <Printer BRFAX> to <Printer Fax2>

service cups start

• fix device URI:

lpadmin -p Fax2 -v usb://Brother/MFC-8860DN

• to restore original URI:

lpadmin -p Fax2 -v usb:/dev/usb/lp0

• fix access rules:

lpadmin -p Fax2 -u allow:root,remroot,@faxlords

• fix other parameters:

lpadmin -p Fax2 -o printer-error-policy=abort-job
                -o printer-is-shared=true