Brother Dcp-l2540dw Green Button With Envelope on the Back of Printer

1. Which drivers for Brother DCP-L2540DW printer/scanner/copier

   Can anyone tell me if it is necessary to install any of the individually listed printer & scanner drivers on the Brother website for the Brother model DCP-L2540DW printer or should all of the necessary drivers, etc. be installed by the DRIVER INSTALL TOOL which is listed at the top ?

   See this link

   http://support.brother.com/g/b/downl...w_us_as&os=128

   The reason I ask is the when installing the Driver Install Tool, so far, I can not get the printer to perform any SCANNING functions.
   Thanks.

   Last edited by joverstreet1; March 7th, 2016 at 05:13 PM.

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2. Re: Which drivers for Brother DCP-L2540DW printer/scanner/copier

   After installing the drivers for printer and scanner.

   If not installed,

   install gksudo or nano and open the 40-libsane.rules file.

   To do that, open the terminal from the menu or press ctrl+Alt+t and the terminal will open.

   
   Then type or copy and paste.

   Code:

   gksudo gedit /lib/udev/rules.d/40-libsane.rules

   Type your administrator password, probably the one you use for your account.
   Enter
   Gedit will open up!

   Now

   
   read this carefully:
   # To add a USB device, add a rule to the list below between the
   # LABEL="libsane_usb_rules_begin" and LABEL="libsane_usb_rules_end" lines.

   So, find the libsane_usb_rules_begin line

   
   Then type or copy and paste the following below that begin line.
   And before the end line.

   Code:

   # Brother scanners                                                                                                                                                ATTRS{idVendor}=="04f9", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes"

   
   Save the changes within gedit and close the application.

   Restart your pc.

   The scanner should work.

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3. Re: Which drivers for Brother DCP-L2540DW printer/scanner/copier

   David:

   Thanks for your reply. This worked just fine.

   Can you tell me if the # Brother scanners line info would be the same for all models of Brother printers/scanners or would the 04f9 be something different for various models ?

   Thanks.

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4. Re: Which drivers for Brother DCP-L2540DW printer/scanner/copier

   Originally Posted by joverstreet1

   David:

   Thanks for your reply. This worked just fine.

   Can you tell me if the # Brother scanners line info would be the same for all models of Brother printers/scanners or would the 04f9 be something different for various models ?

   Thanks.

   Glad it worked out for you. Here is a very handy link if you ever need to install Brother drivers again.

   https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/15

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5. Re: Which drivers for Brother DCP-L2540DW printer/scanner/copier

   Originally Posted by joverstreet1

   David:

   Thanks for your reply. This worked just fine.

   Can you tell me if the # Brother scanners line info would be the same for all models of Brother printers/scanners or would the 04f9 be something different for various models ?

   Thanks.

   I'm pretty sure the line info would remain the same. 04f9=Brother. If there were model specificity, it might look like 04f9xxx where x are alphanumerics designating the model.

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6. Re: Which drivers for Brother DCP-L2540DW printer/scanner/copier

   I have been using a brother hl2270dw with my ubuntu (over wireless) for many years. I have decided to order a DCP-L2540DW because I also want scan/copy functions. Therefore, I'm glad people are already using this printer or something similar.

   A question: if I am able to set things up so that all scanned documents are emailed to me, do I sill need to install the scanner drivers? Thanks.

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7. Re: Which drivers for Brother DCP-L2540DW printer/scanner/copier

   In case this helps someone, I have Ubuntu 15.10 and my Brother DCP-L2540DW works great. I even gave it a static IP (using 'LAN setup' on my netgear router) and it easily prints over the wireless.

   I had to use the WLAN setup wizard to connect it to my wireless network. This video was very helpful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0ZGN3yUan8 ("[BrotherGlobalSupport] faq00100107_004_en DCP-L2520DW Wireless Setup without having a CD drive"). Note: use the + and - keys to scroll through the alphabet and numbers 0-9.

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8. Re: Which drivers for Brother DCP-L2540DW printer/scanner/copier

   Here's another problem I had with this printer on Ubuntu 15.10 and 16.04:

   After switching on the printer, it would print absolutely fine over wireless until the printer went into deep sleep mode. After that, it I would get the message: "Unable to locate printer".

   I changed the time to deep sleep from 1 min. to 30 minutes, but this did not help. I then tried, without success, various modes of adding/modifying this printer with CUPS.

   Finally, this is what worked:
   CUPS -> Administration -> Add Printer -> AppSocket/HP JetDirect -> socket://the.static.ip.of.my.printer:9100(h/t to kurt18947 from this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2038708)

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Brother Dcp-l2540dw Green Button With Envelope on the Back of Printer

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