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On Sun, 2011-08-14 at 22:17 +0100, Simon Waters wrote: > On 14/08/11 13:06, Kevin Lucas wrote: > > > >> http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/index.html > >> > >> you can also install the brother Cups and lpr utils from your pacakage > >> a manger > >> Just Search for Brother in the Add Programs search box > > I don't think Debian ship any Brother driver (apt-cache search shows > nothing). > > But we have a similar printer to George and I got it working from the > package from Brother you linked to. > > I seem to remember having to fiddle around a bit with Debian Squeeze as > the packages weren't up to date, but when I looked inside they were just > scripts so I used the "force" option and it all worked fine. If George > gets stuck I will have notes somewhere. > > Simon > Thats odd I have it on Mint sudo apt-cache search brother lbdb - The little brother's database for the mutt mail reader bbdb - The Insidious Big Brother Database (email rolodex) for Emacs balazarbrothers - 3D puzzle game generatorrunner-dbg - Debugging symbols for generatorrunner, and its brothers ii - minimalist FIFO and filesystem-based IRC client lsdb - The Lovely Sister Database (email rolodex) for Emacs pkpgcounter - computes number of pages or quantity of ink needed to print documents ptouch-driver - CUPS/Foomatic driver for Brother P-touch label printers usb-modeswitch - mode switching tool for controlling "flip flop" USB devices wesnoth-1.8-ttb - "A Tale of Two Brothers" official campaign for Wesnoth (branch 1.8) wesnoth-ttb - "A Tale of Two Brothers" official campaign for Wesnoth xymon - monitoring system for systems, networks and applications brother-cups-wrapper-common - Common files for Brother cups wrapper packages brother-cups-wrapper-extra - Cups Wrapper drivers for extra brother printers brother-cups-wrapper-laser - Cups Wrapper drivers for laser brother printers brother-cups-wrapper-laser1 - Cups Wrapper drivers for laser1 brother printers brother-cups-wrapper-mfc9420cn - Cups Wrapper drivers for mfc9420cn brother printers brother-lpr-drivers-ac - LPR drivers for ac brother printers brother-lpr-drivers-bh7 - LPR drivers for bh7 brother printers brother-lpr-drivers-common - Common files for brother-lpr-drivers packages brother-lpr-drivers-extra - LPR drivers for extra brother printers brother-lpr-drivers-laser - LPR drivers for laser brother printers brother-lpr-drivers-laser1 - LPR drivers for laser1 brother printers brother-lpr-drivers-mfc9420cn - LPR driver for mfc9420cn brother printer brother-cups-wrapper-ac - Cups Wrapper drivers for ac brother printers brother-cups-wrapper-bh7 - Cups Wrapper drivers for bh7 brother printers brmfcfaxlpd - Brother MFC-FAX LPD driver brmfcfaxcups - Brother MFC/FAX fax share function driver ________________________________________________________________________ Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) sip:kevin.lucas@xxxxxxxxx www.minionsbandb.co.uk www.tearooms.minionsbandb.co.uk FaceBook Minions_shop Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq