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# Brother MFC-J470DW

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From Brothers' MFCJ460DW site:

  "If you're looking for an easy-to-use, economical color inkjet all-in-one that won't waste valuable workspace, the Brother™ Work Smart™ Series MFC-J470DW may be exactly what you need. In addition to its budget-friendly purchase price, it offers a lower total cost of operation thanks to high-yield replacement ink cartridges‡ and paper-saving duplex printing. Features like an automatic document feeder, mobile device printing‡ and free Brother Cloud Apps‡ make this all-in-one an excellent choice for your home/home office.".

## Introduction

This is a tutorial to setup the Brother MFC-J470DW printer in Arch.

## With CUPS Server

Before installing the drivers, see the CUPS wiki page for setup of the server.

## AUR Package

Here is the location of the AUR Package which facilitates the installation of the lpr and cupswrapper drivers.

- brother-mfc-j470dw

## Wireless network Setup

After installing the AUR Package, check to see if the CUPS interface sees the new hardware.

You can use the CUPS web interface: http://localhost:631

Or

Through the command line (most commands need superuser privileges):

    # lpstat -v

Using the command line you should see something along the lines:

    # lpstat -v
    # device for MFCJ470DW: usb:/dev/usb/lp0

This shows that the printer is associated with a usb connection.

In order to change that, use the lpadmin command:

    # lpadmin -p "printer" -E -v "device" -P "ppd"

where "printer" is the name of the device given by lpstat, "device" is the connection protocol and "ppd" is the directory to the ppd driver for the device.

Here is an example:

    # lpadmin -p MFCJ470DW -E -v "ipp://*enter IP address of printer*" -P "/usr/share/ppd/Brother/example_brother.ppd

Check the configuration of CUPS to see if the device is associated through a wireless protocol and start a test print.

Category:

- Printers