Monday, September 4, 2017

Manjaro Linux 17.0 - Arch Linux - Brother HL-2270DW Wireless Printer

How to add a wireless  Brother HL-2270DW Wireless Printer to Manjaro
  1. First, your wireless printer should already be configured and online; you can check the network settings by pressing the "Go" button on the printer three times within two seconds. This will print 3 pages and one of them would have the IP address of the printer.
  2. Install the AUR package (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/brother-hl2270dw/):
    yaourt brother-hl2270dw
  3. Go to Manage Printing (CUPS Web Interface) http://localhost:631
    1. Use your user's login information when prompted
    2. Go to Administration, Add printers
    3. Follow the wizard, it should now list Brother HL-2270DW series as one of the "Discovered Network Printer". Select it and add this printer.
  4.  Print a test page: From the printers menu, select "Maintenance" and then select "Print Test Page".
    1. From the Jobs, you can see this new print task. If if is successful, congrats else, it will show an error like "Could not find printer BRX3X0X5X1XAXAX.local ".
    2. Edit /etc/hosts file and add the printer IP address from the network printer settings
      e.g, 10.111.112.12  BRX3X0X5X1XAXAX.local
    3. Save the hosts file, and retry printing.