How to install the Printer Brother HL-2140

[Andrew Farris]

On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 10:26 +0200, Peter Umlauf wrote:
> Dear Sirs or Madams,
> 
> A fiew days ago, i have installed ubuntu on my Desktop. It works very
> well, but there is one problem. My Printer - Brother HL-2140 - does
> not work. I tried to install the software for linux that I downloaded
> from the Brother-website (ubuntu does not contain the printer model
> HL-2140 from Brother) but it does not work.

please see this page:
http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Brother-HL-2140 

There's a download there for a .ppd printer driver for this model
printer. There were also reports on that page of the printer being
correctly recognized/installed with ubuntu by default (i.e. no
fiddling). If this hasnt happened for you, then I suggest you do the
following:

     1. Download the .ppd from the site I linked above 
     2. Save it someplace where you won't delete it... i.e.
        under /usr/share/ppd if you want it to be available or all users
        (i'd put it
        under /user/share/ppd/brother/<name_of_the_driver>.ppd) note:
        you will need root permissions to put it there. For example: if
        you downloaded it to your desktop, copy-paste this into a
        terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal):
                
                sudo
                mv /home/`whoami`/Desktop/<name_of_downloaded_file>.ppd 
                /usr/share/ppd/<name_of_downloaded_file>.ppd
                
                (The above command should all be on the same line...i.e.
                all grouped together, don't hit enter till the very very
                end)
     3. Go to "System > Administration > Printing", If your printer is
        listed there then "R-Click > Properties > Settings > Make and
        Model : [Change] > Provide PPD file"
     4. Navigate to the location where you put the downloaded ppd file
        (in the above case, it would be located
        at /usr/share/ppd/<name_of_downloaded_file>.ppd)
     5. Click 'Forward' then 'Finish' I believe.
     6. Try the printer again (i.e. print a test page)

Hopefully that should be all you need to do.

> I am sure, that I make somethig wrong (I never had a linux-system
> before). What can I do? THank you for your Help.

No problem, and welcome!


-- 
Andrew
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