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| = Summary = | = Tested = Printers have been tested on a currently supported version of Ubuntu. ||<rowbgcolor="#d9bb7a">'''Make''' || '''Model''' || '''PPD/Driver''' || '''Supported''' || '''Works?''' || '''Ubuntu Version''' || '''Comments''' || '''Last Updated''' || || Brother || DCP-115C || MFC-210C from [[http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/index.html|Brother]] or from synaptic || No || Yes || v10.04 (Lucid) || Use brscan2 from Brother for scanner - follow all instructions there. MFC210C from Brother OR from synaptic work (synaptic is easier) || 2010-Jul-20 || || Brother || DCP-135C || drivers from [[http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/index.html|Brother]] || No || Yes || v10.04 (Lucid) || Follow carefully instructions at Brother site. Both printer and scanner work perfectly .|| 2010-Jul-14 || || Brother || DCP-145C || drivers from [[http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/index.html|Brother]] || No || Yes || v8.04.4 (Hardy), v8.10 (Intrepid), v9.04 (Jaunty) || Follow carefully instructions at Brother site. Or search for 'dummies' guides. Works except scanner only as root. It works like a gem when solved.|| 2009-Apr-28 || || Brother || DCP-197C || drivers from [[http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html|Brother]] (download the driver for DCP-195C - this works fine) || No || Yes || v11.10 (Oneric) || Scanner also works fine using [[http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_scn.html#brscan3|brscan3 driver]]; the driver also needs [[http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/instruction_scn1c.html#u9.10|activating]]. In Ubuntu 11.10, [[http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/faq_scn.html#f00101|this]] is also necessary to get the scanner working.Printer and scanner both works fine after this.|| 2011-Oct-31 || || Brother || DCP-1000 || Official LPR ver 1.1.2-1, Cupswrapper ver 1.0.2-1 drivers || Yes || Yes || v8.04.4 (Hardy) || Followed Brother instructions, needed to mkdir /usr/share/cups/DCP1000 and mkdir /var/spool/lpd/DCP1000 || 2009-Mar-06 || || Brother || DCP-7010 || Driver from [[http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/index.html|Brother]] or [[apt:brother-cups-wrapper-laser|Multiverse]] || Yes || Yes || v8.04.4 (Hardy), v10.04 (Lucid) || Use recomendations and drivers from [[http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/index.html|Brother]]. Create symlinks "sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/cupsys /etc/init.d/cups" "sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/cupsys /etc/init.d/lpd " and dir /usr/share/cups/model. Download into a directory 2 deb files. Chdir in it. Install packages by "sudo dpkg -i brdcp7010lpr-2.0.1-1.i386.deb" and "sudo dpkg -i cupswrapperDCP7010-2.0.1-2.i386.deb". Now you have printer installed|| 2010-Apr-10 || || Brother || HL-2030 || hl1250.ppd || Yes || Yes || v8.10 (Intrepid), v9.04 (Jaunty) || Installed as the HL-2060, seems to work ok. Automatically identified as HL-2030 in 8.10. || ? || || Brother || HL-2035 || hl1250.ppd || Yes || Yes || v10.04 Lucid v10.10 Maverick v11.04 Natty || Autoconfigured as "HL-2030-series" when you first attach it. Works well. || 2011-May-09 || || Brother || HL-2040 || hl1250.ppd || Y || Y || v10.04 (Lucid) || Works 100% with Foomatic ppd as well as HL-1250.ppd. Setup is automatic with Edgy-Gutsy. Detected as "Brother HL-2040 series" and default driver is "Brother HL-2060 Foomatic/hl1250" || 2010-Sep-30 || |
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| || Brother || HL-2150N || Drivers from [[http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html#HL-2150N|Brother]] || Yes || Yes || v9.04 (Jaunty), v10.04 (Lucid) || Used drivers and config [[http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/instruction_prn1a.html|recommendations]] of Brother. Auto-discovered the driver by CUPS (v1.3.x) as a "Brother HL-2170W" (as the recommended driver), instead of the expected HL-2150N. These two related models seem to have the same firmware installed. Smooth printing. Works both at the USB port or with LAN Ethernet. '''Lucid:''' Drivers were installed according to provided [[http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/instruction_prn1a.html|instructions]] (additionally: tcsh was installed and /usr/share/cups/model/ was manually created). The add printer wizard auto-discovered the printer via DNS-SD using the HL-2140 Foomatic/hpijs-pcl5e driver. USB connectivity was not tested. || 2010-Jul-19 || || Brother || HL-2170W || Drivers from [[http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/index.html|Brother]] || Yes || Yes || v9.04 (Jaunty) || Used drivers and config recommendation of Brother. The printer and driver can also be found by means of CUPS (v1.3.x) all by itself, i.e. it's basically Plug and Play. This particular laserjet is the Wifi enabled cousin of the above mentioned model HL-2150N. Smooth printing. Works both at the USB port or with LAN Ethernet or by means of WiFi. Memory: 32 Mb RAM. More suitable for HQ 1200 dpi printing of large, complex PDF-jobs.||2009-Sep-03|| || Brother || HL-5730DW || Drivers from Brother || Yes || Yes || v8.04.4 (Hardy), v8.10 (Intrepid), v9.04 (Jaunty) || Using the proper drivers (found at : http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/index.html ), works flawless on USB, Ethernet and WiFi. The only glitch : '''BEWARE''' Duplex printing logic is inversed : If you choose long edge it flips on short edge, if you choose short edge it flips on long edge. If you're going to pool the printer, this might become an issue (As of today, Brother has acknowledged the bug report, might change over time...), if not, quite easy to live with it !!! || 2009-Jun-05 || || Brother || MFC-930CDN || Drivers from Brother Japan (.deb for [[http://solutions.brother.co.jp/support/os/linux/lpr_printer/driver.html|lpr]] and [[http://solutions.brother.co.jp/support/os/linux/cups_printer/driver_cupswrapper.html|cups]]) || Yes || Yes || v8.10 (Intrepid) || Installed LPR, then CUPS wrapper. Auto-discovered device on network. (Needed "--force-architecture" as the debs are only for 23bit). || 2009-Mar-30 || || Brother || MFC-640CW ||MFC-210C from [[http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/index.html|Brother]] || Yes || Yes || v9.04 (Jaunty) || Install the drivers from the Brother website. Link points drivers to MFC-210CN. Printer and scanner functions work fine || 2009-Jun-12 || || Brother || MFC-5840CN || LPR, Cupswrapper and Scanner driver. || Yes || Yes || v8.04.4 (Hardy) || Followed Brother instructions, no prob || 2008-Sep-03 || || Brother || MFC-6490CW || LPR, Cupswrapper and Scanner driver. || Yes || Yes || v8.04.4 (Hardy) || Followed Brother instructions, no prob || 2008-Oct-06 || || Brother || MFC-5440CN || Official Brother LPR ver 1.0.2-1, Cupswrapper ver 1.0.2-3 drivers || Yes || Yes || v8.04.4 (Hardy) || Followed Brother instructions, needed to mkdir /usr/share/cups/MFC5440CN and mkdir /var/spool/lpd/MFC5440CN, needed to install C-shell first || 2009-Mar-06 || || Brother || DCP-8065DN || Official Brother drivers || Yes || Yes || v10.4 (Lucid) || Prints just fine over the network. || 2010-Sep-11 || = Needs Retesting = The following printers were tested on Ubuntu versions that have since reached EOL*. They need testing on a currently supported version of Ubuntu. Please test and move the results to the table above. |
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| || Brother || DCP-115C || MFC-210C from [http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/index.html Brother] || No || Partial || v6.06 (Dapper) || Brother has not written a Linux driver for this Printer, and suggests the MFC-210C driver. This works, but only allows the default print settings. || 2006-Oct-30 || || Brother || DCP-7025 || PPD from driver-CD is shipped with Ubuntu || Yes || Yes || v6.10 (Edgy) || The driver shipped with Ubuntu works. [http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/index.html Brother] also offers a "CUPS-Wrapper" driver which seems to work, too. || 2006-Nov-17 || || Brother || FAX4100 || MFC-8300 || No || Yes || || Not detected. Connected via USB. Use System, Administration, Printing, Click on New Printer Icon, Choose matching one, save || 2005-May-25 || |
|| Brother || DCP-350C || dcp350clpr, dcp350ccupswrapper, brscan2 from brother site || No || Yes || v7.10 (Gutsy) || Printing and scanning works well. Instructions at [[http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/index.html|Brother]], chose Debian drivers. '''Note:''' Before installing lpr driver do '''sudo mkdir /var/spool/lpd'''. Initially scanner only works if xsane is run as '''root''' (sudo xsane). See forums to solve that. || 2008-Apr-28 || || Brother || DCP-7025 || PPD from driver-CD is shipped with Ubuntu || Yes || Yes || v6.10 (Edgy) || The driver shipped with Ubuntu works. [[http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/index.html|Brother]] also offers a "CUPS-Wrapper" driver which seems to work, too. || 2006-Nov-17 || || Brother || FAX4100 || MFC-8300 || No || Yes || v5.04 (Hoary) || Not detected. Connected via USB. Use System, Administration, Printing, Click on New Printer Icon, Choose matching one, save || 2005-May-25 || |
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| || Brother || HL-1030 || hl1250.ppd || Yes || Yes || v4.10 & v5.04 (Hoary) || There is no HL1030 driver but with the hl1250 you can print 600dpi pages and even choose ink saving modes! Margins are a bit on the small side though. || 2005-Sep-09 || | || Brother || HL-1030 || hl1250.ppd || Yes || Yes || v5.04 (Hoary) || There is no HL1030 driver but with the hl1250 you can print 600dpi pages and even choose ink saving modes! Margins are a bit on the small side though. || 2005-Sep-09 || |
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| || Brother || HL-1440 || hl1250.ppd || Yes || Yes || || Set up needs to be done manually (parallel port, haven't tested usb), but works brilliantly with supplied ppd file included in ubuntu install. MichaelRHead - I have two of these. They both work great, though they have a smallish print area (roughly half-inch margins on each edge) || 2005-Sep-09 || | || Brother || HL-1250 || hl1250.ppd || Yes || Yes || v7.04 (Feisty) || 100% working via USB || 2007-Oct-17 || || Brother || HL-1440 || hl1250.ppd || Yes || Yes || v5.04 (Hoary) || Set up needs to be done manually (parallel port, haven't tested usb), but works brilliantly with supplied ppd file included in ubuntu install. MichaelRHead - I have two of these. They both work great, though they have a smallish print area (roughly half-inch margins on each edge) || 2005-Sep-09 || |
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| || Brother || HL-2030 || hl1250.ppd || Yes || Yes || v6.06 (Dapper) || Installed as the HL-2060, seems to work ok.|| || || Brother || HL-2040 || || ? || Yes || v6.06 (Dapper) || Brother builds Debian compatible drivers for most if not all of its printers; there is CUPS and lpr. See http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/index.html & follow instructions there. || 2006-Aug-07 || || Brother || HL-2070N || hl1250.ppd || Yes || Yes || v5.04 (Hoary) || Bro's d/l old Debian setup requires 2x manual dpkg after "sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/cupsys /etc/init.d/cups", Bro's setup assumes USB. Set up on network by http to DHCP address of printer (go to your router web page look at attached devices). || 2005-Sep-22 || || Brother || HL-5150D || BR5150_2.ppd || Yes || Yes || || ppd file on CD needs to be copied to system for duplex support. HL-5170 is same with more RAM and ethernet built-in | I have tried this, but no luck in duplex at all, standard printing problematic, depending on program/driver. - HiddeBrugmans|| || |
|| Brother || HL-2070N (may appear as HL2070N, as opposed to HL-2070N in driver list)|| hl1250.ppd || Yes || Yes || v6.10 (Edgy) || Bro's d/l old Debian setup requires 2x manual dpkg after "sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/cupsys /etc/init.d/cups", Bro's setup assumes USB. Set up on network by http to DHCP address of printer (go to your router web page look at attached devices). || 2005-Sep-22 || || Brother || HL-2400CeN || hl1250.ppd || ? || Yes || v7.04 (Feisty) || || 2007-Jul-11 || || Brother || HL-5150D || BR5150_2.ppd || Yes || Yes || ? || ppd file on CD needs to be copied to system for duplex support. HL-5170 is same with more RAM and ethernet built-in | I have tried this, but no luck in duplex at all, standard printing problematic, depending on program/driver. - HiddeBrugmans|| ? || |
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| || Brother || HL-5170DN || BR5170_2.ppd || No || No || v5.04 (Hoary) || ppd file on CD must be installed. After months of trying and working with brother technical support have yielded little success. Small files can be printed but documents of any significant size such as those created by browsers (Firefox or epiphany) cause the printer to lock up. - EricSJohansson / On the contrary, the printer works perfectly with the hpijs driver, which also supports duplex printing. This is a fantastic printer for Linux users. - ScottGranneman|| 2005-Sep-30 / 2005-Dec-10 || || Brother || MFC-210C || lpr & cups wrapper driver || No || Partial || v6.06 (Dapper) & v6.10 (Edgy) || Brother provides GPL deb packages [http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/index.html Here]. Will need to install their Sane driver to get scanner support. Please note the packages require the C Shell be installed for a successful installation. Instructions on how to get C Shell can be found [http://wiki.ubuntu.com/CshellInstallation Here].|| 2006-Oct-31 || |
|| Brother || HL-5170DN || BR5170_2.ppd || No || No || v5.04 (Hoary) || ppd file on CD must be installed. After months of trying and working with brother technical support have yielded little success. Small files can be printed but documents of any significant size such as those created by browsers (Firefox or epiphany) cause the printer to lock up. - EricSJohansson / On the contrary, the printer works perfectly with the hpijs driver, which also supports duplex printing. This is a fantastic printer for Linux users. - ScottGranneman / I have the printer hooked up to the parallel port on my machine. Using printer_port: Parallel Port #1(EPSON) and HL-5170DN-BR-Script3 as the model I am able to get it to work. It has to be Parallel Port #1(EPSON), the other two Parallel port options do not work. -RexHuston || 2005-Dec-10 || || Brother || MFC-210C || lpr & cups wrapper driver from [[http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/index.html|Brother]] || No || Partial || v6.10 (Edgy) || Brother also provides Sane scanner and PC-FAX drivers as well. *IMPORTANT* Brother's packages require the C Shell to successfully install. Instructions on how to get C Shell can be found [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Cshell|Here]].|| 2007-Feb-6 || |
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| || Brother || MFC-5440CN || Drivers from Brother || No || No || v6.10 (Egdy) || Used the version 1.0.2-1 of the LPR driver and 1.0.0-1 of the CUPs wrapper. The LPR driver seemed to install okay, the cups wrapper failed with a couple of errors. Tried for a few hours but I couldn't get it working. || 2006-Nov-07 || || Brother || MFC-9160 || MFC-9050 hl7x0 || No || Restricted || || Small parts do not get printed because they are situated out of the print area. Sufficient for home use, however. || 2005-Aug-19 || || Brother || Misc || || || || || [http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/index.html Brother] provides Linux drivers for many of their printers. Un-tested. || 2006-Oct-30 || |
|| Brother || MFC-5440CN || Drivers from Brother || No || No || v6.10 (Edgy) || Used the version 1.0.2-1 of the LPR driver and 1.0.0-1 of the CUPs wrapper. The LPR driver seemed to install okay, the cups wrapper failed with a couple of errors. Tried for a few hours but I couldn't get it working. || 2006-Nov-07 || || Brother || [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsPrintersBrother/MFC-7820N|MFC-7820N]] || Use Brother provided "Brother MFC7820N for CUPS" || Y || Y || Gutsy (7.10) || Works 100% with Brother drivers. Foomatic print driver has speed issue & graphics issue. See link. || 2007-Dec-15 || || Brother || MFC-8460N || ? || ? || ? || v6.10 (Edgy) || ? || 2007-Mar-01 || || Brother || MFC-9160 || MFC-9050 hl7x0 || No || Restricted || v5.04 (Hoary) || Small parts do not get printed because they are situated out of the print area. Sufficient for home use, however. || 2005-Aug-19 || || Brother || MFC-665CW ||Lpr and Cupswrapper drivers from Brother || Yes || Yes || v7.04 (Feisty) || Seems to be important to install the lpr driver first and then the Cupswrapper driver - after that all works fine with the printer setup as a network printer with an ip address. || 2007-Apr-23 || || Brother || MFC-8840D ||Selected from Printing configuration delivered || Yes || Yes || v7.10 (Gutsy) || Selected printer New Printer wizard, automatically found networked printer. Enabled duplex. Perfect || 2007-Oct-25 || || Brother || DCP-770CW ||cupswrapper, sane driver and LPR driver from brother site || Yes || Yes || v7.10 (Gutsy) || Ubuntu drivers downloaded from the brother site and installed. network, usb, wireless, installation guide on brother site. Enabled duplex. Perfect || 2008-Mar-5 || * v6.06 LTS Desktop has reached EOL, v6.06 LTS Server has not as of this writing. = Additional information = [[http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/index.html|Brother linux drivers website]] There is an effort to package Brother drivers in Ubuntu - see BrotherDriverPackaging ---- CategoryHardware |
Tested
Printers have been tested on a currently supported version of Ubuntu.
Make |
Model |
PPD/Driver |
Supported |
Works? |
Ubuntu Version |
Comments |
Last Updated |
Brother |
DCP-115C |
MFC-210C from Brother or from synaptic |
No |
Yes |
v10.04 (Lucid) |
Use brscan2 from Brother for scanner - follow all instructions there. MFC210C from Brother OR from synaptic work (synaptic is easier) |
2010-Jul-20 |
Brother |
DCP-135C |
drivers from Brother |
No |
Yes |
v10.04 (Lucid) |
Follow carefully instructions at Brother site. Both printer and scanner work perfectly . |
2010-Jul-14 |
Brother |
DCP-145C |
drivers from Brother |
No |
Yes |
v8.04.4 (Hardy), v8.10 (Intrepid), v9.04 (Jaunty) |
Follow carefully instructions at Brother site. Or search for 'dummies' guides. Works except scanner only as root. It works like a gem when solved. |
2009-Apr-28 |
Brother |
DCP-197C |
drivers from Brother (download the driver for DCP-195C - this works fine) |
No |
Yes |
v11.10 (Oneric) |
Scanner also works fine using brscan3 driver; the driver also needs activating. In Ubuntu 11.10, this is also necessary to get the scanner working.Printer and scanner both works fine after this. |
2011-Oct-31 |
Brother |
DCP-1000 |
Official LPR ver 1.1.2-1, Cupswrapper ver 1.0.2-1 drivers |
Yes |
Yes |
v8.04.4 (Hardy) |
Followed Brother instructions, needed to mkdir /usr/share/cups/DCP1000 and mkdir /var/spool/lpd/DCP1000 |
2009-Mar-06 |
Brother |
DCP-7010 |
Driver from Brother or Multiverse |
Yes |
Yes |
v8.04.4 (Hardy), v10.04 (Lucid) |
Use recomendations and drivers from Brother. Create symlinks "sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/cupsys /etc/init.d/cups" "sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/cupsys /etc/init.d/lpd " and dir /usr/share/cups/model. Download into a directory 2 deb files. Chdir in it. Install packages by "sudo dpkg -i brdcp7010lpr-2.0.1-1.i386.deb" and "sudo dpkg -i cupswrapperDCP7010-2.0.1-2.i386.deb". Now you have printer installed |
2010-Apr-10 |
Brother |
HL-2030 |
hl1250.ppd |
Yes |
Yes |
v8.10 (Intrepid), v9.04 (Jaunty) |
Installed as the HL-2060, seems to work ok. Automatically identified as HL-2030 in 8.10. |
? |
Brother |
HL-2035 |
hl1250.ppd |
Yes |
Yes |
v10.04 Lucid v10.10 Maverick v11.04 Natty |
Autoconfigured as "HL-2030-series" when you first attach it. Works well. |
2011-May-09 |
Brother |
HL-2040 |
hl1250.ppd |
Y |
Y |
v10.04 (Lucid) |
Works 100% with Foomatic ppd as well as HL-1250.ppd. Setup is automatic with Edgy-Gutsy. Detected as "Brother HL-2040 series" and default driver is "Brother HL-2060 Foomatic/hl1250" |
2010-Sep-30 |
Brother |
HL-2150N |
Drivers from Brother |
Yes |
Yes |
v9.04 (Jaunty), v10.04 (Lucid) |
Used drivers and config recommendations of Brother. Auto-discovered the driver by CUPS (v1.3.x) as a "Brother HL-2170W" (as the recommended driver), instead of the expected HL-2150N. These two related models seem to have the same firmware installed. Smooth printing. Works both at the USB port or with LAN Ethernet. Lucid: Drivers were installed according to provided instructions (additionally: tcsh was installed and /usr/share/cups/model/ was manually created). The add printer wizard auto-discovered the printer via DNS-SD using the HL-2140 Foomatic/hpijs-pcl5e driver. USB connectivity was not tested. |
2010-Jul-19 |
Brother |
HL-2170W |
Drivers from Brother |
Yes |
Yes |
v9.04 (Jaunty) |
Used drivers and config recommendation of Brother. The printer and driver can also be found by means of CUPS (v1.3.x) all by itself, i.e. it's basically Plug and Play. This particular laserjet is the Wifi enabled cousin of the above mentioned model HL-2150N. Smooth printing. Works both at the USB port or with LAN Ethernet or by means of WiFi. Memory: 32 Mb RAM. More suitable for HQ 1200 dpi printing of large, complex PDF-jobs. |
2009-Sep-03 |
Brother |
HL-5730DW |
Drivers from Brother |
Yes |
Yes |
v8.04.4 (Hardy), v8.10 (Intrepid), v9.04 (Jaunty) |
Using the proper drivers (found at : http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/index.html ), works flawless on USB, Ethernet and WiFi. The only glitch : BEWARE Duplex printing logic is inversed : If you choose long edge it flips on short edge, if you choose short edge it flips on long edge. If you're going to pool the printer, this might become an issue (As of today, Brother has acknowledged the bug report, might change over time...), if not, quite easy to live with it !!! |
2009-Jun-05 |
Brother |
MFC-930CDN |
Yes |
Yes |
v8.10 (Intrepid) |
Installed LPR, then CUPS wrapper. Auto-discovered device on network. (Needed "--force-architecture" as the debs are only for 23bit). |
2009-Mar-30 |
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Brother |
MFC-640CW |
MFC-210C from Brother |
Yes |
Yes |
v9.04 (Jaunty) |
Install the drivers from the Brother website. Link points drivers to MFC-210CN. Printer and scanner functions work fine |
2009-Jun-12 |
Brother |
MFC-5840CN |
LPR, Cupswrapper and Scanner driver. |
Yes |
Yes |
v8.04.4 (Hardy) |
Followed Brother instructions, no prob |
2008-Sep-03 |
Brother |
MFC-6490CW |
LPR, Cupswrapper and Scanner driver. |
Yes |
Yes |
v8.04.4 (Hardy) |
Followed Brother instructions, no prob |
2008-Oct-06 |
Brother |
MFC-5440CN |
Official Brother LPR ver 1.0.2-1, Cupswrapper ver 1.0.2-3 drivers |
Yes |
Yes |
v8.04.4 (Hardy) |
Followed Brother instructions, needed to mkdir /usr/share/cups/MFC5440CN and mkdir /var/spool/lpd/MFC5440CN, needed to install C-shell first |
2009-Mar-06 |
Brother |
DCP-8065DN |
Official Brother drivers |
Yes |
Yes |
v10.4 (Lucid) |
Prints just fine over the network. |
2010-Sep-11 |
Needs Retesting
The following printers were tested on Ubuntu versions that have since reached EOL*. They need testing on a currently supported version of Ubuntu. Please test and move the results to the table above.
Make |
Model |
PPD/Driver |
Supported |
Works? |
Ubuntu Version |
Comments |
Last Updated |
Brother |
DCP-350C |
dcp350clpr, dcp350ccupswrapper, brscan2 from brother site |
No |
Yes |
v7.10 (Gutsy) |
Printing and scanning works well. Instructions at Brother, chose Debian drivers. Note: Before installing lpr driver do sudo mkdir /var/spool/lpd. Initially scanner only works if xsane is run as root (sudo xsane). See forums to solve that. |
2008-Apr-28 |
Brother |
DCP-7025 |
PPD from driver-CD is shipped with Ubuntu |
Yes |
Yes |
v6.10 (Edgy) |
The driver shipped with Ubuntu works. Brother also offers a "CUPS-Wrapper" driver which seems to work, too. |
2006-Nov-17 |
Brother |
FAX4100 |
MFC-8300 |
No |
Yes |
v5.04 (Hoary) |
Not detected. Connected via USB. Use System, Administration, Printing, Click on New Printer Icon, Choose matching one, save |
2005-May-25 |
Brother |
HL-730 |
hl7x0 |
Yes |
Yes |
v5.04 (Hoary) |
Not detected (Parallel connect) Does not work correctly (prints half pages and crashes printer) in x86_64. Works perfecly in i386 |
2005-Sep-07 |
Brother |
HL-1030 |
hl1250.ppd |
Yes |
Yes |
v5.04 (Hoary) |
There is no HL1030 driver but with the hl1250 you can print 600dpi pages and even choose ink saving modes! Margins are a bit on the small side though. |
2005-Sep-09 |
Brother |
HL-1240 |
hl1250.ppd |
Yes |
Yes |
v5.10 (Breezy) |
Margins are slightly off. |
2005-Mar-27 |
Brother |
HL-1250 |
hl1250.ppd |
Yes |
Yes |
v7.04 (Feisty) |
100% working via USB |
2007-Oct-17 |
Brother |
HL-1440 |
hl1250.ppd |
Yes |
Yes |
v5.04 (Hoary) |
Set up needs to be done manually (parallel port, haven't tested usb), but works brilliantly with supplied ppd file included in ubuntu install. MichaelRHead - I have two of these. They both work great, though they have a smallish print area (roughly half-inch margins on each edge) |
2005-Sep-09 |
Brother |
HL-1450 |
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|
Yes |
v6.06 (Dapper) |
Detected |
2006-Sep-08 |
Brother |
HL-2070N (may appear as HL2070N, as opposed to HL-2070N in driver list) |
hl1250.ppd |
Yes |
Yes |
v6.10 (Edgy) |
Bro's d/l old Debian setup requires 2x manual dpkg after "sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/cupsys /etc/init.d/cups", Bro's setup assumes USB. Set up on network by http to DHCP address of printer (go to your router web page look at attached devices). |
2005-Sep-22 |
Brother |
HL-2400CeN |
hl1250.ppd |
? |
Yes |
v7.04 (Feisty) |
|
2007-Jul-11 |
Brother |
HL-5150D |
BR5150_2.ppd |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
ppd file on CD needs to be copied to system for duplex support. HL-5170 is same with more RAM and ethernet built-in | I have tried this, but no luck in duplex at all, standard printing problematic, depending on program/driver. - HiddeBrugmans |
? |
Brother |
HL-5150D |
.ppd |
Yes |
Yes |
v5.04 (Hoary) |
Originally made to work with ppd from Brother's website under 5.04, worked when upgraded to 5.10 |
2006-Mar-12 |
Brother |
HL-5170DN |
BR5170_2.ppd |
No |
No |
v5.04 (Hoary) |
ppd file on CD must be installed. After months of trying and working with brother technical support have yielded little success. Small files can be printed but documents of any significant size such as those created by browsers (Firefox or epiphany) cause the printer to lock up. - EricSJohansson / On the contrary, the printer works perfectly with the hpijs driver, which also supports duplex printing. This is a fantastic printer for Linux users. - ScottGranneman / I have the printer hooked up to the parallel port on my machine. Using printer_port: Parallel Port #1(EPSON) and HL-5170DN-BR-Script3 as the model I am able to get it to work. It has to be Parallel Port #1(EPSON), the other two Parallel port options do not work. -RexHuston |
2005-Dec-10 |
Brother |
MFC-210C |
lpr & cups wrapper driver from Brother |
No |
Partial |
v6.10 (Edgy) |
Brother also provides Sane scanner and PC-FAX drivers as well. *IMPORTANT* Brother's packages require the C Shell to successfully install. Instructions on how to get C Shell can be found Here. |
2007-Feb-6 |
Brother |
MFC-420CN |
brmfc420cn_cups.ppd |
No |
Yes |
v5.10 (Breezy) |
Both printer and scanner in this multi-function device work well. See [PrintersBrotherMfc420cn] for a detailed HOWTO |
2006-Jun-06 |
Brother |
MFC-5440CN |
Drivers from Brother |
No |
No |
v6.10 (Edgy) |
Used the version 1.0.2-1 of the LPR driver and 1.0.0-1 of the CUPs wrapper. The LPR driver seemed to install okay, the cups wrapper failed with a couple of errors. Tried for a few hours but I couldn't get it working. |
2006-Nov-07 |
Brother |
Use Brother provided "Brother MFC7820N for CUPS" |
Y |
Y |
Gutsy (7.10) |
Works 100% with Brother drivers. Foomatic print driver has speed issue & graphics issue. See link. |
2007-Dec-15 |
|
Brother |
MFC-8460N |
? |
? |
? |
v6.10 (Edgy) |
? |
2007-Mar-01 |
Brother |
MFC-9160 |
MFC-9050 hl7x0 |
No |
Restricted |
v5.04 (Hoary) |
Small parts do not get printed because they are situated out of the print area. Sufficient for home use, however. |
2005-Aug-19 |
Brother |
MFC-665CW |
Lpr and Cupswrapper drivers from Brother |
Yes |
Yes |
v7.04 (Feisty) |
Seems to be important to install the lpr driver first and then the Cupswrapper driver - after that all works fine with the printer setup as a network printer with an ip address. |
2007-Apr-23 |
Brother |
MFC-8840D |
Selected from Printing configuration delivered |
Yes |
Yes |
v7.10 (Gutsy) |
Selected printer New Printer wizard, automatically found networked printer. Enabled duplex. Perfect |
2007-Oct-25 |
Brother |
DCP-770CW |
cupswrapper, sane driver and LPR driver from brother site |
Yes |
Yes |
v7.10 (Gutsy) |
Ubuntu drivers downloaded from the brother site and installed. network, usb, wireless, installation guide on brother site. Enabled duplex. Perfect |
2008-Mar-5 |
* v6.06 LTS Desktop has reached EOL, v6.06 LTS Server has not as of this writing.
Additional information
There is an effort to package Brother drivers in Ubuntu - see BrotherDriverPackaging
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