Install a printer driver

[Bill]

Hi,

I am having problems with getting a Brother MFC-J485DW printer to work 
with Linux.  I am using Mint - Rebeca and the Mate desktop.

I deleted the profile for my old printer and then connected the printer 
to my computer with a USB cable.  When I turned the printer on a pop-up 
window said that "No printer driver for Brother MFC-J485D.  (It is 
obvious that there is some communications between the printer and the 
computer.) I clicked on the "search" button.
A new pop-up window that gave three choices 1. Select printer from 
database  2. Provide PPD file and 3. Search for a printer driver to 
download.
When I chose 1.  I was told to use a generic text only driver   I did 
but when I used the text only (XED) to print up a test page, nothing 
happened.

I deleted this profile and chose search for a printer driver to 
download.  Nothing was found.

My question is... "How do I get this printer to work?  I obviously would 
like to use as many of the features of the printer as possible.  I hope 
it isn't a "Windows only" printer.  If it is, is there any way to make 
it work with Linux.

Bill Stanley