Brother Drivers (T83)

MeansWell (#John-Poot), 2016-08-07 12:50:03 UTC

The drivers are available from Brother - as either RPM or DEB.
While RPM Solus trickery can allow an install of sorts - no print no facs.
Result as complaints of no cupswrapper and permissions difficulties with Cups itself. Additionally, Scanner detection does not happen correctly.
All-in-all, a fail.
Specifically, the driver(s) being requested are for Brother MFC-L2703DW, and Brother describes these as MFC-L2700 series.
This printer is mass-market in Australia, sold through the largest office supply chain, so they're not at all rare.
The drivers appear to be generic monochrome MFC Laser printers in the brother range.
Brother website specifies differing procedures pre-install, depending on the relevant Linux install. Solus is 'different'.

Supplemental (#DataDrake)

Driver Frontpage:
http://support.brother.com/g/s/id/linux/en/index.html?c=us_ot&lang=en&comple=on&redirect=on

Printers Requested:

Before requesting a Printer, please check if it's already packaged

Needs testing (Please comment if it's working)

• brlaser Download Link
• Brscan3 Download Link

| DCP Printers |
| Model|Download Link |
| DCP-195c | Link |
| DCP-7040 | Link |
| DCP-7057 | Link |
| DCP-7065DN | Link |
| DCP-9020DCW | Link |
| DCP-J140W | Link |
| DCP-J515W | Link |
| DCP-J562DW | Link |
| DCP-L2512D | Link |
| DCP-T310 | Link |

| HL Printers |
| Model|Download Link |
| HL-1240 | Link |
| HL-2130 | Link |
| HL-2280DW | Link |
| HL-3140CW | Link |
| HL-3152CDW | Link |
| HL-3170CDW | Link |
| HL-L2340DW | Link |

| MFC Printers |
| Model|Download Link |
| MFC-3750CDW | |
| MFC-5890CN | Link |
| MFC-7420 | Link |
| MFC-7460DN | Link |
| MFC-9125CN | Link |
| MFC-J1100DW | |
| MFC-J1300DW | |
| MFC-J430W | Link |
| MFC-J435W | Link |
| MFC-J4420DW | Link |
| MFC-J4620DW | Link |
| MFC-J470DW | Link |
| MFC-J491DW | |
| MFC-J5320DW | Link |
| MFC-J5330DW | Link |
| MFC-J5720DW | Link |
| MFC-J6520DW | Link |
| MFC-J6530DW | Link |
| MFC-J6720DW | Link |
| MFC-L2710DW | Link |
| MFC-L2720DW | Link |
| MFC-J805DW | |
| MFC-J885DW | Link |
| MCF-L8650CDW | |
| MFC-L8850CDW | |

No Linux drivers

• DCP-71010L

Start with the Brother Driver Frontpage and the listed brlaser and Brscan3 downloads. Test the MFC-L2703DW, described as part of the MFC-L2700 series, on Solus for printing, scanning, CUPS integration, and permissions. Done means a confirmed working driver path or a clearly documented incompatibility and updated request list.