Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Installing HL2270-DW on Ubuntu / elementary Linux

Download and install these packages:

#!/bin/bash

wget --output-document=cupswrapperHL2270DW-2.0.4-2.i386.deb 'http://goo.gl/mw87o6' && wget --output-document=hl2270dwlpr-2.1.0-1.i386.deb 'http://goo.gl/8ixmvt'

sudo dpkg -i cupswrapperHL2270DW-2.0.4-2.i386.deb hl2270dwlpr-2.1.0-1.i386.deb

Follow the instructions from the Archwiki Page:

  • Open a web browser to http://localhost:631/
  • Click the Administration tab then click the Add Printer button. The username is "root" and the password is the root password of the user's computer.
  • Select IPP from the list.
  • In the 'Connection' field, type ipp://THE_PRINTER_IP/ipp/port1
  • In the next form, give the printer a unique name (no spaces and the name be must unique from any identical printers), and select "Brother" from the printer make field.
  • Select "Brother HL2270DW for CUPS (en)" from the list of drivers (it is not in numerical order and is toward the bottom of the list).
  • Configure the default options on the next page to your liking

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