cpburnz/Brother_DCP-L2540DW_on_Arch_Linux.rst

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    Brother DCP-L2540DW on Arch Linux


Printer

The printer driver can be installed with the brother-brgenml1 AUR package.
Pacaur:
pacaur -S brother-brgenml1

Manually:
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/brother-brgenml1.git
cd brother-brgenml1
makepkg -src
sudo pacman -U brother-brgenml1-*.pkg.tar.xz

The following printer driver should now be available:

Make: Brother
Model: BrGenML1 for CUPS
Driver: Brother BrGenML1 for CUPS

In order to connect to the printer, I had to use LPD/LPR protocol because I could not connect to the printer using the IPP protocol

Scanner

The scanner driver can be installed with the brscan4 AUR package.
Pacaur:
pacaur -S brscan4

Manually:
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/brscan4.git
cd brother-brgenml1
makepkg -src
sudo pacman -U brscan4.pkg.tar.xz