Hey guys I am having trouble getting this Brother MFC-J630W I have this printer directly hooked up. I can get HP printers installed no problems, finding drivers and installing them for HP printers no problem. This brother one giving me a headache. I go to brother support website. They have me download LPR and a CUPS driver. Their installation instructions are not true anymore. So I am kind of left here not sure what to do next. Here is how far I am. I went into the good ol' Synaptic Package Manager and added some Brother printer things, none of the descriptions have anything about J630W. Linux can see and add the printer. But it is set as
Model Generic text-only printer
And I cannot get it to print a test page. It's like they can see each other but, talking different languages still. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
[SOLVED] Brother MFC-J630W
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[SOLVED] Brother MFC-J630W
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Re: Brother MFC-J630W
please COPY and PASTE this command into your terminal
please help us understand what you mean by this
and copy and paste back the results pleasesudo dpkg -l | grep Brother
Their installation instructions are not true anymore.
please help us understand what you mean by this
Re: Brother MFC-J630W
ii brother-cups-wrapper-common 1.0.0-10-0ubuntu5 Common files for Brother cups wrapper packages
ii printer-driver-ptouch 1.3-3ubuntu0.1 printer driver Brother P-touch label printers
What grep piped out, and just a moment and I will elaberate on brother instructions not being true. Atleast in my case.
ii printer-driver-ptouch 1.3-3ubuntu0.1 printer driver Brother P-touch label printers
What grep piped out, and just a moment and I will elaberate on brother instructions not being true. Atleast in my case.
Re: Brother MFC-J630W
http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bs ... e.html#002
Pre-required Procedure (2)
Related distributions
Ubuntu8.04 or greater
Related products/drivers
cupswrapper printer/PC-FAX drivers
Requirement
1. "sudo aa-complain cupsd" command is required before the installation.
2. "sudo mkdir /usr/share/cups/model" command (as it is) is required before the installation.
i do this in terminal and get this back
laptop ~ $ sudo aa-complain cupsd
[sudo] password
sudo: aa-complain: command not found
Pre-required Procedure (2)
Related distributions
Ubuntu8.04 or greater
Related products/drivers
cupswrapper printer/PC-FAX drivers
Requirement
1. "sudo aa-complain cupsd" command is required before the installation.
2. "sudo mkdir /usr/share/cups/model" command (as it is) is required before the installation.
i do this in terminal and get this back
laptop ~ $ sudo aa-complain cupsd
[sudo] password
sudo: aa-complain: command not found
Re: Brother MFC-J630W
so you got this
mfcj630wlpr-1.1.3-1.i386
mfcj630wcupswrapper-1.1.3-1.i386
I would have thought you need to go here
http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bs ... #MFC-J630W
and download and install the lpr deb driver for the MFC-J630W
.....and then download and install the cupswrapper driver for the MFC-J630W
as here
http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bs ... prn1a.html
where Brother give advice ..
.........yes the sudo aa-complain cupsd............seemed a sort of passing phase that Ubuntu has grown out of................
and I would have expected to seeii brother-cups-wrapper-common 1.0.0-10-0ubuntu5 Common files for Brother cups wrapper packages
ii printer-driver-ptouch 1.3-3ubuntu0.1 printer driver Brother P-touch label printers
mfcj630wlpr-1.1.3-1.i386
mfcj630wcupswrapper-1.1.3-1.i386
I would have thought you need to go here
http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bs ... #MFC-J630W
and download and install the lpr deb driver for the MFC-J630W
.....and then download and install the cupswrapper driver for the MFC-J630W
as here
http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bs ... prn1a.html
where Brother give advice ..
.........yes the sudo aa-complain cupsd............seemed a sort of passing phase that Ubuntu has grown out of................
Re: Brother MFC-J630W
This is terrible but I do not know how to install a .deb file. I thought it was just in terminal navigate to Downloads or w/e file is and type dpkg filename.deb
Re: Brother MFC-J630W
....it's not......it's fine...........This is terrible but I do not know how to install a .deb file
if you have downloaded the mfcj630wlpr-1.1.3-1.i386.deb and the mfcj630wcupswrapper-1.1.3-1.i386.deb ...they should be in your Downloads directory?
if you open a terminal, and type
....and hit the enter key .........cd Downloads
and then
.......hit enter....that should list the contents of your Downloads directory...hopefully the two files are there...... if so ........ls
.......from here.........http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bs ... prn1a.html .......my advice is .............
and if you copy and pastesudo dpkg -i --force-all mfcj630wlpr-1.1.3-1.i386.deb
....... you should see the lpr installed .....now........sudo dpkg -l | grep Brother
.....and again..............sudo dpkg -i --force-all mfcj630wcupswrapper-1.1.3-1.i386.deb
.......should show the lpr and cupswrapper installed......sudo dpkg -l | grep Brother
now go here in a web browser spare window
http://localhost:631/admin
and go top left and add new printer; or just click manage printers firstly and see if the MFC-J630W is there already.......
Re: Brother MFC-J630W
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! Seriously many many thanks! Ever passing through Indiana I owe you a redbull a beer whatever your fancy is. This worked great! grep and pipe | are the strongest commands in linux huh lol. Thanks again for explaining about the .deb file. You left me wondering if --force-all needed every time I install in this manner?pdc_2 wrote:....it's not......it's fine...........This is terrible but I do not know how to install a .deb file
if you have downloaded the mfcj630wlpr-1.1.3-1.i386.deb and the mfcj630wcupswrapper-1.1.3-1.i386.deb ...they should be in your Downloads directory?
if you open a terminal, and type
....and hit the enter key .........cd Downloads
and then
.......hit enter....that should list the contents of your Downloads directory...hopefully the two files are there...... if so ........ls
.......from here.........http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bs ... prn1a.html .......my advice is .............
and if you copy and pastesudo dpkg -i --force-all mfcj630wlpr-1.1.3-1.i386.deb
....... you should see the lpr installed .....now........sudo dpkg -l | grep Brother
.....and again..............sudo dpkg -i --force-all mfcj630wcupswrapper-1.1.3-1.i386.deb
.......should show the lpr and cupswrapper installed......sudo dpkg -l | grep Brother
now go here in a web browser spare window
http://localhost:631/admin
and go top left and add new printer; or just click manage printers firstly and see if the MFC-J630W is there already.......
Re: [SOLVED] Brother MFC-J630W
delighted it is all working for you ......reassuring to hear the commands DO work! Enjoy..... If I get to Indiana, I will take you up on the beer!
.....by the way....have you got the scanner side of the Brother working?
http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bs ... d_scn.html
looks like it uses the brscan4 driver ...........so you would need the 32bit ? ............deb package
.......if you do ......you need this tweak to get it all humming .....
http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bs ... html#u9.10
.....if you are using a 32bit system, I don't think so ...............one could install with the GUI instead...........meaning as the package is selected to be downloaded, the very helpful gdebi installer should leap in and offer to do its work .. so one would just sequentially download the lpr and cupswrapper packages............ and let gdebi do it all ........... I wasn't sure which system so you had so we went with the Brother way .......but it must have been very helpful for you to see command line in action..it's like learning a guitar.....you keep strumming away.......sore fingers............strange notes........and then sometimes it's all good!You left me wondering if --force-all needed every time I install in this manner?
.....by the way....have you got the scanner side of the Brother working?
http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bs ... d_scn.html
looks like it uses the brscan4 driver ...........so you would need the 32bit ? ............deb package
.......if you do ......you need this tweak to get it all humming .....
http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bs ... html#u9.10