Install printer brother DCP 7055 on Ubuntu

Posted by rolf on Friday, 14 November 2014

Following instructions are taken from the brother website (and slightly adjusted).

-1.- Check pre-requisites
    For Ubuntu8.04 or greater
   sudo apt-get install apparmor-utils
   sudo aa-complain cupsd
   mkdir -p /usr/share/cups/model
   sudo apt-get install rpm (for install rpm packages)
and if you have a 64bit Ubuntu version
   sudo apt-get install ia32-libs  

-2.- Download drivers
    Download LPR driver and cupswrapper driver. Open a terminal and paste in following two lines:
    wget www.brother.com/pub/bsc/linux/dlf/cupswrapperDCP7055-2.0.4-2.i386.rpm
    wget www.brother.com/pub/bsc/linux/dlf/dcp7055lpr-2.1.0-1.i386.rpm
Or if you prefer the .deb packages
    wget www.brother.com/pub/bsc/linux/dlf/cupswrapperDCP7055-2.0.4-2.i386.deb
    wget www.brother.com/pub/bsc/linux/dlf/dcp7055lpr-2.1.0-1.i386.deb

-3.- Install the LPR driver and cupswrapper driver
    3-1. Turn on the printer and connect the USB cable.
    3-2. Open the terminal and go to the directory where the drivers are.
    3-3. Install the LPR driver.
       Command (for rpm)  :  sudo rpm  -ihv  --nodeps dcp7055lpr-2.1.0-1.i386.rpm
       Command (for dpkg)  : sudo dpkg  -i  --force-all dcp7055lpr-2.1.0-1.i386.deb
    3-4. Install the cupswrapper driver.
       Command (for rpm)  :  sudo rpm  -ihv  --nodeps cupswrapperDCP7055-2.0.4-2.i386.rpm
       Command (for dpkg)  : sudo dpkg  -i  --force-all cupswrapperDCP7055-2.0.4-2.i386.deb
    3-5. Check if the LPR driver and cupswrapper driver are installed
        Command (for rpm)  :  sudo rpm  -qa  |  grep  -e  dcp7055lpr-2.1.0-1.i386.rpm -e  cupswrapperDCP7055-2.0.4-2.i386.rpm

-4a.- (for USB Connection) Check your printer on the cups web interface
    4a-1. Open a web browser and go to "http://localhost:631/printers".

        Check if the Device URI of your printer is Brother DCP7055 for CUPS
        If the device URI is different from the example above, please go to "Modify Printer" of your printer to select proper device and driver.

        If your printer is not listed on "http://localhost:631/printers", please go to "http://localhost:631/admin" and click "Add printer" and select proper device and driver.

Sometimes it helps to reboot the system.

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ubuntu

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amilopowers (not verified)

Fri, 10/09/2015 - 06:12

Thank you! This is always the only tutorial which works! Tested on Trisquel 7 and Fedora 22.

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