Ubuntu-Mate 15.10 will not install the gutenprint driver for my Brother HL-5450DN printer. This has never happened before and has disrupted my installation.
The installer seems to get lost and freezes before completing the installation.
Does anyone know how to fix or get around this?
Many thanks,
Steve
Did you try to get the driver right off brothers website? There support isn’t that bad.
Tim
I was wondering the same thing, they have a deb package.
http://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadtop.aspx?c=eu_ot&lang=en&prod=hl5450dn_all
And I did find one bug report that may not be your case, but shows a install work around.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jockey/+bug/1009276
I cant tell you how to install your printer in Linux. But, I do have a fall-back option if all else fails.
Install Virtualbox. Install an old version of XP/Win7 in Virtualbox. Set up a shared folder that can be used by both your Linux host and also the XP/Win7 virtual machine, Connect the printer to the XP/Win7 virtual machine while it is running. Install your usual windows drivers for the printer in the virtual machine, Then, whenever you need to print something form Linux, put a copy of the file on the shared folder, fire up your virtual machine and print it from there.
To write all of the above out, it sounds really complicated. but, it really isn’t. Once set up, it adds about 30 or 40 seconds to your print job. That’s all. It basically means there is no bar to using any so called “windows-only” printer with Linux.
Thanks, Steve. I’ll give it a whirl.