#Brother hl 2140 printer scanning install
#Brother hl 2140 printer scanning driver
#Brother hl 2140 printer scanning upgrade

(Optional) Set up an scp print server, so any file you copy to a /printme directory gets printed.

cat | PRINTER=HL-2270DW lp -o media=letter -o sides=two-sided-short-edge (Make sure duplex works if you plan to use that).

cat | PRINTER=HL-2270DW lp -o media=letter (Print an actual test page to test alignment, etc).

echo 'Hello World' | PRINTER=HL-2270DW lp -o media=letter (Make sure anything prints).

Test the printer (I’m in the USA so we use ‘letter’ size paper, you can substitute whichever paper you have such as ‘a4’).

Sudo lpoptions -p HL-2270DW -o media=letter

(Optional) Set any default options you want for the printer.

(Optional) Set the printer as the default destination.

Enable the printer (did not work for me).

Note, -p HL-2270DW is just the name I’m using for the printer, feel free to name the printer whatever you like. If you’re following this in the hopes that it will work on another printer, run sudo lpinfo -m | grep HL-2270DW to get the PPD file for your printer. It will be something like usb://Brother/HL-2270DW%20series?serial=D4N207646

Run sudo lpinfo -v | grep usb to get the device name of your printer.

(author’s shameful note: if you’re not looking, I find it surprisingly easy to plug USB B into the ethernet jack)

Plug in the printer, verify that it shows up using sudo lsusb or sudo dmesg.

#Brother hl 2140 printer scanning install

Sudo apt-get update & sudo apt-get install lpr cups ghostscript git cmake libcups2-dev libcupsimage2-devĬd brlaser-6 & cmake.

(Option 2, recommended) Install ‘brlaser’ from source.

Sudo apt-get update & sudo apt-get install lpr cups ghostscript printer-driver-brlaser Then, install the print system and driver: This is because we need brlaser 6, not brlaser 4 from debian 10 buster (current stable release).

#Brother hl 2140 printer scanning upgrade

(Option 1, not recommended) Upgrade to Debian 11 bullseye (current testing release).

Log into your raspberry pi to run the following steps I have written a convenience tool for this step, but you can also find any number of standard guides. At the time of writing the latest version is 10 (buster)–once 11+ is released this will be much easier.

Get the latest raspbian image up and running on your pi, with working networking.

brlaser 6, follow full steps below: DCP-L2520D series, DCP-L2520DW series, DCP-L2540DW series (unclear, may only need 4), HL-2030 series, HL-2140 series, HL-2220 series, HL-2270DW series, HL-5030 seriesĪlso, all these steps are command-line based, and you can do the whole setup headless (no monitor or keyboard) using SSH.

#Brother hl 2140 printer scanning driver

The brother-provided driver does not run on arm processors like the raspberry pi, so we will instead use the open-source brlaser.Įdit: This setup should also work on the following Brother monochrome printers, just substitute the name where needed: Although the below directions work on Raspberry Pi, they should also work on any other system.