[Bug 258058] Re: Brother DCP 7020 uses wrong printer drivers

[Fabián Rodríguez]

I tested this in Jaunty alpha 4 with the same results. The issue here is
that the required packages are still in multiverse despite these drivers
being GPL:

- brother-cups-wrapper-laser
- brother-lpr-drivers-common
- brother-lpr-drivers-laser

Even after their proper installation the automatic detection &
configuration tool indicates there are no suitable drivers (see attached
screenshot)  and its Search option proposes a " Generic " driver.

I had to invoke the printer configuration from commnd line:
gksudo system-config-printer

Workaround:
1- Install brother-cups-wrapper-laser package via Synaptic package manager
2- From a terminal window:
gksudo system-config-printer

3- HIghlight your (wrongly) configured DCP-7025 printer if it exists. 
4- Righclick your (wrongly) configured DCP-7025 printer, choose Properties
5- ON the " Make & Model "  line, click the " Change... " button
6- Leave "Select Printer from Database"  chosen, make sure " Brother"  is selected in the list, click " Forward" 
7- " DCP7020 for CUPS" should now be in the list, select it and click "Forward"  
8- In the next dialog, choose " Use the new PPD (Postscript  Printer Description) as is." , click "Apply" 
9- Print a test page, it should come out as expected with the Ubuntu logo and test patterns

** Attachment added: "Screenshot-system-config-printer-applet.png"
   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/22949973/Screenshot-system-config-printer-applet.png

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Brother DCP 7020 uses wrong printer drivers
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