Ubuntu – Printer Brother MFC-7360N can’t print on LAN

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I'm trying to set my network printer 'Brother MFC-7360N' on my LAN. All laptops are using Ubuntu 14.04, and I've installed the cups and lpd drivers from Brother, but I can't print on LAN. The printer shows that I can add the printer, see the cartridge status, but when I send something to print nothing happens, and I get no warnings or errors. I've followed a lot of forums and posts but it's no good.

Best Answer

I have a Brother MFC-7840W printer connected over LAN. I had a similar issue where if I installed a printer using the Settings > Printer install wizard, it would detect the network printer and install it, but no print jobs would go through when the printer went to sleep.

I have got it working finally, after manually trying many combinations. This is how I got it to work, waking up the printer and finally print my jobs:

Set up the printer to use a static ip address. Mine is at 192.168.1.10
Use Settings > Printers > Add printer to auto detect the printer on the network
Determine its print queue name, mine was called 'mfc7840w'.
Remove the auto installed printer, we only installed it to get its print queue name.
Open you web browser to this URL http://localhost:631 to access the CUPS admin pages
Click on the Administration tab
Click on Add Printer
Select LPD/LPR:
Enter this URL: lpd://192.168.1.10/mfc7840w where mfc7840w is your printer's print queue name:
Browse for your Printer's Make/Model and then click on the Add Printer button
Make any changes to the default settings and click on Set Defaults
Try printing a test page, and hopefully it will work for you.

These instructions worked on my two Ubuntu 14.04 computers (same OS but different hardware), and my OSX 10.7.5 computer! So it has worked 3 times for me.

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You need to do some extra steps, please check this.

You only need to do the Pre-Required Procedure 2, that means opening a terminal and running:

$ sudo aa-complain cupsd
$ sudo mkdir /usr/share/cups/model

Afterwards my test system installed the cupswrapper package and the printer appears on the selection list. I can't test if it works as I don't have that printer.

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Translated with Google Translate:

BROTHER MFC- 7360N to connected USB port for printer configuration Ubuntu 10.04 and following ( localhost ) :

Download drivers at the following addresses ( deb recommended.) : MFC- 7360N # http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html

Install drivers through the Ubuntu repository.

Go to System Settings > Printing .
Click Add, and then specify as device URI : usb :/ / Brother/MFC-7360N serial = EXXXXXXXXXXXXX (with sérial machine located by the screen of the printer in Menu Button > 6 Device Info ? . > 1.No series ( Warning: eg if No. E69719 - series = F2N979180 then serial = E69719F2N979180 think about removing the dash) .
In choosing a driver > Provide PPD file > Select File > File System > usr > share> ppd (you should see a file ppd MFC7360N.ppd ) Select .
Define names for the final configuration and then click apply and print the test page .
Optional: you can specify / dev/usb/lp0 in the location section by double-clicking the printer.