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Installing a Brother BR-Script PPD file into a CUPS based Linux system

Make sure that the printer is connected to the parallel, USB or network interface and proceed from step 1.

  1. Copy the PPD file in the bundled CD-ROM of your product to
    /usr/share/cups/model/.

    i.e)
    /Driver/PS/HLxxxx/PPD
  
  1. Make sure that the CUPS daemon is started. To do this open a new terminal window and enter:

    /etc/rc.d/init.d/cups restart

    Please note: if you do not restart the CUPS daemon then any PPD files you copy into Linux may not be displayed.
 service cups restart
  1. Launch your web browser and enter:

    http://localhost:631

    (If you are using a Proxy server, make sure you bypass the proxy server for local addresses). A screen similar to the one show will be displayed.

    To add a printer click "Manage Printers"
 CUPS management homepage
  1. Click the "Add Printer" button.
 CUPS: Add Printer
  1. Enter the appropriate username and password.
 CUPS: username and password
  1. Enter a Name, Location and Description.
 CUPS: Printer details
  1. Specify the communications port to use:

There are 3 valid options:

LPD/LPR Host or Printer (use this option if you wish to print over a network).
USB Printer #1 (If you are printing using the USB interface)
Parallel Port #1 (If you are printing using the parallel interface)

 CUPS: LPD/LPR selection

If you are sending your print jobs over a TCP/IP network there are several possible entries in the:

"Device URI"

CUPS: LPD details

lpd: specific information
Enter this URI if you are using the "lpr/lpd" protocols to print over a network.
  1. Select "Brother" and click "Continue".
 CUPS: select Brother
  1. Select the appropriate model and click "Continue".
CUPS: specific model select
  1. Your printer is ready to print.

    Before you print you should configure which optional items are installed on your printer. To learn how to do this, click here.
  

Note:
Make sure from any Linux applications you use are configured to use the CUPS printer driver. For example, in the screen shot below you can see that the "Print system currently used" setting to set to use the "CUPS" driver:

KWORD: screen

Notes
- You should also configure which optional items are installed on the printer. To learn how to do this click here.

Please note: CUPS and the CUPS logo are the trademark property of Easy
Software Products. If you obtained CUPS from a Linux or Apple distribution
such as Apple, Caldera, Debian GNU/Linux, Mandrake Linux, Red Hat, or SuSE,
you need to go directly to the vendor for support. Brother is not
responsible for CUPS support.

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