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This guide will help setup print support for Brother 7820N multi-function printer support on Arch Linux. This guide assumes yaourt or a similar AUR package handler is installed.

• Install CUPS:
  

  sudo pacman -S cups a2ps
  

• Install yaourt

• Install the brother-cups-wrapper-laser package from the AUR:
  

  yaourt brother-cups-wrapper-laser
  

• Now configure a printer:
  

  system-config-printer
  

• Start and enable the cups service at boot:
  

  sudo systemctl enable org.cups.cupsd.service
  sudo systemctl start org.cups.cupsd.service
  

  • (Optional) Start the printer discovery service:
    

    sudo systemctl start cups-browsed.service
    

• Next open a web browser and go to http://localhost:631 and add the printer from the Administration section.
  1. NOTE: By default, only root will be allowed to add new printers.
  2. NOTE: For remote CUPS print servers, administering over an SSH tunnel is helpful:
     

     ssh -L 6310:localhost:631 cups.example.com
     

GUI Method¶

• Install the system-config-printer package:
  

  sudo pacman -S system-config-printer
  

• Launch the Gnome Printer Settings application:
  

  sudo system-config-printer
  

• Add a new network printer with the URL ipp://192.168.1.9/BRN_7820N and search for the Brother 7820n drivers using the built-in tool.

Resources¶

• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CUPS