Howdy Wayne . While my expertise is not in this field of Linux.

, i found there is a Linux driver, but i have never install printer driver on Linux before, could anyone help me on what steps should i do installing driver on antiX?

Need link to driver site first. To see if .deb or source file. If source. You will need to install build-essentials in Synaptic to have the tools to install a source file. There is usually a read me text file in downloaded driver file that gives instructions on how to install their source file.

Need more info on the printer also. inxi -F with printer hooked up may give info on it.

rokytnji wrote:Howdy Wayne . While my expertise is not in this field of Linux.

, i found there is a Linux driver, but i have never install printer driver on Linux before, could anyone help me on what steps should i do installing driver on antiX?

Need link to driver site first. To see if .deb or source file. If source. You will need to install build-essentials in Synaptic to have the tools to install a source file. There is usually a read me text file in downloaded driver file that gives instructions on how to install their source file.

Need more info on the printer also. inxi -F with printer hooked up may give info on it.

Hi rok, thanks for your reply

i found this link.

========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html#MFC-7340"
linktext was:"http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bs ... l#MFC-7340"
====================================

seems very clear instruction
have not link MFC to antiX yet..
appreciate your help.

A million drivers there? __{{emoticon}}__ Which one?



Looked at installer instructions for a 64 bit one (64bit driver won't work in AntiX i686)
Pretty straight foward instructions. Says they are deb files and can be installed using
command after cd to directory driver is downloaded to. You must sux to root in terminal to run dpkg -i command. Looks Like it won't be a big deal to install driver.

thank rok, i only need one that work, haha a millions path makes navigation a challenge.

so i try lpr, follow their instruction, choose
# Pre-required Procedure (4)
Related distributions
Debian, Ubuntu
Related products/drivers
printer/PC-FAX drivers
Requirement (superuser authorization is required to run the command)
"mkdir /var/spool/lpd" command is required if the folder does not exist.

all the way to here

5-2. Edit the file according to your connection

# For USB Connection (Default)
Check if the parameter of":lp" is":lp=/dev/usb/lp0"
Exapmle

but stuck here __{{emoticon}}__
5-3. Restart the print system

Command (for lpr): /etc/init.d/lpr restart
Command (for lprng) : /etc/init.d/lprng restart
/etc/init.d/lpr restart gave me bash: /etc/init.d/lpr : no such file or directory

so something missing,, cannot figure why

need some more help ...take a break..

Related products/drivers
printer/PC-FAX drivers
Requirement
ia32-libs or lib32stdc++ is required to be installed.

Another thing I am noticing is that IPR driver is for 64bit operating System which AntiX is not 64bit Operating system but is 32 bit operating system.

MFC-7440N,MFC-7450,MFC-7820N, and on and on are all using some version of lpr driver. So I still don't know which one to look at.