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How do I check if a Brother printer is compatible with Linux Mint? (lemmy.zip)
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[–] 21 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Brother Printers have a well deserved reputation. They work. You will probably need their proprietary drivers (which you can get from their website), but after that they just work.

I know they make a .deb available, but I think there's also a .rpm if you're repping Redhat land.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    I've never had this particular model, but I've had pretty good success printing off Brother printers with the generic print drivers, I don't think I've used the proprietary downloads in a while.

    Of note: I don't have occasion to do scans all that often, so I can't say if that works. Ditto the fax function, if that's important all I can say is you have my pity. But I've used the print function to good success on a couple different machines.

    Still I'd recommend testing it before committing to permanent changes, if possible. Printers are mysterious and capricious.

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