Cannot install driver for Brother mfc j4410dw Printer - Solved

[micksulley]

Running Mint 19 64 bit

I am trying to install a Brother printer on my desktop. The printer is a Brother MFC-J4410DW and is remote so can't connect via USB, but on the network. I have CUPS installed and my HP printer works (but the printer itself is rubbish!)

When I try to install it I select Network Printer and search it finds the printer, I select it and continue, select the make but the model is not listed. I visited the Brother site, followed this page
https://support.brother.com/g/s/id/linu ... n#cwi_img2
followed the instructions, then downloaded the driver, but when I click to install it I get Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: mfcj4410dwlpr
I have run updates, checked for broken packages etc but cannot find out how to solve this.

Any ideas?
Mick

[kukamuumuka]

That printer seems to be so old that you may need to make custom deb packages. Look and put down dependencies and edit DEBIAN/control file and make a edited deb package. An example:
https://puolanka.info/goto/canon-mp490- ... and-newer/

[micksulley]

The printer is only about 3 years old.

I did some more searching and investigation and I seem to have fixed it. I had selected the 'cupswrapper_driver' from the Brother site, that was giving me the error when I tried to install it. I tried downloading the 'LPR_Driver' and installed that, I was then able to install 'cupswrapper_driver'. I then managed to install it and set it to it's IP address and it works.

[Joe2Shoe]

Maybe this will help.
https://brothersupportdriver.com/brothe ... river.html

Linux Driver.
File name : mfcj4410dwlpr-3.0.1-1.i386.rpm.

[kukamuumuka]

Maybe this will help.
https://brothersupportdriver.com/brothe ... river.html

Linux Driver.
File name : mfcj4410dwlpr-3.0.1-1.i386.rpm.

Because it is rpm package, it must convert to deb package using Alien.

Code: Select all

apt install alien
sudo alien --to-deb packagename-here.rpm