https://github.com/pdewacht/brlaser
Brother laser printer driver
https://github.com/pdewacht/brlaser
brother cups printer printer-driver
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Brother laser printer driver
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/pdewacht/brlaser
- Owner: pdewacht
- License: gpl-2.0
- Created: 2013-12-27T15:44:03.000Z (about 12 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2023-08-02T03:07:58.000Z (over 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-02-13T07:04:16.692Z (14 days ago)
- Topics: brother, cups, printer, printer-driver
- Language: C++
- Homepage:
- Size: 91.8 KB
- Stars: 675
- Watchers: 17
- Forks: 124
- Open Issues: 142
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: ChangeLog
- License: COPYING
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README
brlaser: Brother laser printer driver
=====================================
brlaser is a CUPS driver for Brother laser printers.
Although most Brother printers support a standard printer language
such as PCL or PostScript, not all do. If you have a monochrome
Brother laser printer (or multi-function device) and the other open
source drivers don't work, this one might help.
This driver has been reported to work with these printers:
* Brother DCP-1510 series
* Brother DCP-1600 series
* Brother DCP-7030
* Brother DCP-7040
* Brother DCP-7055
* Brother DCP-7055W
* Brother DCP-7060D
* Brother DCP-7065DN
* Brother DCP-7080
* Brother DCP-L2500D series
* Brother DCP-L2520D series
* Brother DCP-L2520DW series
* Brother DCP-L2540DW series
* Brother HL-1110 series
* Brother HL-1200 series
* Brother HL-2030 series
* Brother HL-2140 series
* Brother HL-2220 series
* Brother HL-2270DW series
* Brother HL-5030 series
* Brother HL-L2300D series
* Brother HL-L2320D series
* Brother HL-L2340D series
* Brother HL-L2360D series
* Brother HL-L2375DW series
* Brother HL-L2390DW
* Brother MFC-1910W
* Brother MFC-7240
* Brother MFC-7360N
* Brother MFC-7365DN
* Brother MFC-7420
* Brother MFC-7460DN
* Brother MFC-7840W
* Brother MFC-L2710DW series
* Lenovo M7605D
Other printers
--------------
If your printer isn't included in the list above, just try selecting
any entry marked 'brlaser' and see if it works.
If it does, please create a new issue here in Github and include the
output of this command:
sudo lpinfo --include-schemes usb -l -v
Then I'll be able to add a proper entry for your printer.
Installation
------------
Some operating systems already ship this driver. This is the case for
at least Debian, Gentoo, Ubuntu, Raspbian, openSUSE, NixOS, Arch Linux
and Guix.
Look for a package named `printer-driver-brlaser`.
You'll also need Ghostscript, in case that's not installed
automatically.
Once brlaser is installed, you can add your printer using the usual
CUPS interface.
Building from source
--------------------
To compile brlaser you'll need CMake and the CUPS development packages
(libcups2-dev, libcupsimage2-dev or similar).
Get the code by cloning the git repo . Compile and install with these commands:
cmake .
make
sudo make install
It might be needed to restart CUPS after this.
[latest release]: https://github.com/pdewacht/brlaser/releases/latest
Copyright
---------
Copyright © 2013 Peter De Wachter
brlaser is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
brlaser is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with brlaser. If not, see .