Installing the Brother MFC-9840CDW on Ubuntu
To install a Brother MFC 9840 CDW printer on Ubuntu, you must:
You can use these commands:
wget http://solutions.brother.com/Library/sol/printer/linux/rpmfiles/lpr_debian/mfc9840cdwlpr-1.0.0-7.i386.deb&lang=English_lpr
wget http://solutions.brother.com/Library/sol/printer/linux/rpmfiles/cups_wrapper/mfc9840cdwcups-1.0.0-7.i386.deb
sudo mkdir /var/spool/lpd
sudo mkdir /usr/share/cups/model
sudo chmod 777 /usr/share/cups/model
sudo dpkg -i --force-all --force-architecture mfc9840cdwlpr-1.0.0-7.i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i --force-all --force-architecture mfc9840cdwcups-1.0.0-7.i386.deb
sudo aa-complain cupsd
UPDATE - 22ND NOVEMBER 2008 - ALTERNATIVE METHOD
One blog reader, Hans, has commented that you can just use synaptic to install the printer drivers. I haven’t tried this myself so I would be interested to hear how others get on using this method. Please post a comment if it worked for you!
- Open up Synaptic Package Manager.
- Search for 9840 and install the packages.
- Set it up under System > Printers.
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August 19th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Thanks a lot, it worked
August 22nd, 2008 at 6:54 am
Hi
I tried your explanation on Kubuntu, and it worked flawlessly.
Thanks for putting it up on the net
Good luck to you,
philipp
October 2nd, 2008 at 8:19 am
That did the trick! Thank You so much.
November 2nd, 2008 at 8:14 am
I used your explanation in Ubuntu 8.10 for mfc5490cn also. I neglected to include the –force-all, part, however. I see that I also neglected the last sudo aa-complain cupsd command. But I can print perfectly. Should I go back and try to redo this to more perfectly follow your plan?
Thanks for the only adequate explanation available.
November 15th, 2008 at 11:50 am
One easier way is to use synaptic. Just search for 9840 and install the packages.
Set it up with System->Printers If you have problems with access to the printer use http:((localhost:631, set the password in CUPS (adminsitartors one) and start the printer.
November 21st, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Awesome… I’ve had this for about a week and couldn’t get it installed using the instructions on brother’s site. Btw, I am on a 64-bit CPU running 64-bit Hardy Heron, 2.6.24-21 kernel.