Installing Brother DCP-1610WE printer / scanner in Solus

Pan-Nikt

This is how I’ve manage to install DCP-1610WE in Solus.
Printer is connected via USB.

Before you will proceed check if your Brother printer is not already supported

https://getsol.us/articles/hardware/printer-compatibility/en/

You could also request your Printer to be included at

https://dev.getsol.us/T83

Otherwise you need to install printer manually.
Following packages needs to be installed:

rpm
a2ps
glibc-32bit
psutils
libusb-compat

You can install them by searching for them in Software Center.

After that go to Brother site, search for your printer and download ‘Driver Install Tool’.

For me it was:
http://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist.aspx?c=eu_ot&lang=en&prod=dcp1610we_eu&os=127

Now open terminal.

Assumptions:
linux-brprinter-installer has number 2.2.1-1 and was downloaded to Downloads
printer model is DCP-1610WE

Please note that if you have other installer number or model number change the following code accordingly.

To move to Downloads folder enter:
cd _/Downloads
To extract printer installer enter:
sudo gunzip -v linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.1-1.gz
To run the tool enter:
sudo bash linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.1-1 DCP-1610WE

Accept all with exception to "Will you specify the DeviceURI ?" for which press ‘n’.

You also might need to change Page Format from Letter to A4 in Libre Office.

For scanner to work you have to install the brscan4 package via Software Center.

Hope it will help.

bichler

Thank you very much for your "tutorial".
My Brother-Printer is very old, it is DCP-195C
I downloaded the appropriate installation-file from the brother webseite, besides that I installed everything you mentioned with the Software Center.

Unfortunately gscan2pdf said, it could not find the scanner.
The solution for that is strange, but it works.
https://support.brother.com/g/b/faqend.aspx?c=eu_ot&lang=en&prod=dcp195c_all&faqid=faq00100604_000
doesn't mention Solus, but I just went with the solution offered for Mandriva 2010:

`Mandriva2010
Open /etc/udev/rules.d/60-libsane.rules
Add the following 2 lines at the last of the device entry. (just before "# The following rule...")

Brother

ATTRS{idVendor}=="04f9", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes"
Restart the OS.`

The file 60-libsane.rules can be created with Kate text-editor.
After the restart of the OS, gscan2pdf finds the scanner and works properly.

brent

Good to know when I upgrade to a brother w/scanner. Still I think they would have fixed you up at T83.

Also there are brother scanner drivers in the software center. I couldn't tell if you tried to install them.