Hello I am fairly new to CUPS but have had success with older printers I have had laying around.. I had just purchased said Printer but am having major issues installing it in CUPS on Slack. As I am new I am unsure if it is just a CUPS issue I am having or if their is even a driver for this device for Linux [yet] at all... I know ideally you want a driver that supports all the cool features your printer has but I just... want to print... so was also wondering if there were any clone.generic drivers to use for it. I have done my google search and Brother support pages and found some stuff but not in the format I know how to utilize. Any suggestions?
Honestly I do not know what that means... Cache of drivers [where]? Aside from the official WWW I did the routing (printer) Linux drivers.... sure, it lists all the printers you [dont] have but I am not sure which of those will also support my printer.
I have Brother MFC J200 and I have to admit that it is quite hard to install and enable all functions (fax, scanner, printer, copier) especially when the drivers for linux are for very old version. I have yet to get it to work but will try again soon.
Try checking Brother’s Linux support page for official drivers. If none are available, use a Generic PCL 5 or PostScript driver in CUPS for basic printing. You can also try Gutenprint or foomatic-db for open-source alternatives. If your printer supports IPP Everywhere or AirPrint, add it as a driverless printer. Run lpinfo -v to check detection and review /var/log/cups/error_log for issues.
Go to Brother website for that printer. https://support.brother.com/g/b/producttop.aspx?c=us_ot&lang=en&prod=hl3170cdw_all Download the drivers. Install them following the installation instructions. I have another Brother multi function device, it works well from Linux. In general, with any printer look first if the manufacturer provides Linux drivers. If those are available, I would say they are the best alternative.
