tomlpo.blogg.se - Brothers printer install

It extracts the ppd and filter, and performs some installation procedures in a Red Hat-specific way. It is executed by rpm during installation.

The CUPS driver package contains a single installation shell script with an embedded ppd and filter.

The CUPS driver is built on top of the lpr driver.

Unfortunately, Brother's drivers have some issues:

See AUR submission guidelines for the details. If everything works, do not forget to publish your new driver to AUR.

Md5sums=(" 0a802088aac7236a3c309b2b46b37f11")įinally, use makepkg to test/install your newly created PKGBUILD file(s). Pkgdesc=" CUPS wrapper for Brother HL-L9200CDW(T) printer" Create the PKGBUILD file for the CUPS wrapper, too: The pkgver version should be the same version as Brother's printer drivers (please note versions might differ for LPR and CUPS wrapper). Pkgdesc=" LPR driver for Brother HL-L9200CDW(T) printer" The following PKGBUILD example has been based on brother-hll8360cdw-cups-bin AUR but has been adjusted for HL-L9200CDW LPR printer driver: Change url= to the URL of Brother's support page for your specific printer model, source= needs to be adjusted to the URL of the. You will need to adjust the package name. deb packages, use existing PKGBUILD files from brother-hll8360cdw-lpr-bin AUR and brother-hll8360cdw-cups-bin AUR as templates.

Once you have obtained the download URLs for both. for HL-L9200CDW you have the LPR driver and the CUPS wrapper). Therefore you will need to obtain the direct download links for both. deb packages directly from the URL provided by Brother.

It is possible to create a PKGBUILD that will automatically download and install the. Both can be found on Brother's "Support & Downloads" page (e.g. One is the LPR driver and the other one a CUPS wrapper (running on top of LPR driver). Once those two files are installed, the printer can be added in CUPS.īrother is offering a "Driver Install Tool" as well as two. Additional example PKGBUILDs for Brother printers can be found by searching in the AUR.ĬUPS handles printers using a. This article explains what adjustments to the contents of the DEB and RPM packages supplied by Brother will need to be made to create a PKGBUILD for the printer driver. (Discuss in Talk:Packaging Brother printer drivers)īrother supplies Linux drivers for its printers, but they are provided as. As such, it provides examples with i386 packages and packages them without taking 32-bit package guidelines into consideration. Reason: This page was written before the i686 architecture stopped being supported.