I have a Brother MFC-J430W printer.
I installed cups, and when I get to the printer model selection, I don’t see my model selected. What should I choose here?:
- fake it out with a number just above or just below. sometimes that works.
- install from factory tarball ( I have a brother I have done this a few times)
- look to the community (edit)
yay -Ss j430
aur/brother-mfcj430w-lpr-bin 3.0.1-2 (+0 0.00)
LPR driver for Brother MFC-J430W printer
aur/brother-mfcj430w-cups-bin 3.0.0-1 (+0 0.00)
CUPS wrapper for Brother MFC-J430W printer
aur/brother-mfc-j430w 3.0.1-4 (+6 0.00)
LPR and CUPS driver for the Brother MFC-J430W
second edit: I have been successful all 3 methods with my brother
I assume you are trying to install the printer using a Ethernet LAN IP address.
Here is how I install my Brother Printer.
you will probably have to install two drivers from the AUR
yay -S brother-mfcj430w-lpr-bin brother-mfcj430w-cups-bin
Then try localhost:631 again.
In the first dialog window choose
Internet Printing Protocol (ipp)
in next window,
ipp://192.168.0.xxx
If your printer does not have a static IP address set, ON the printer itself, use the LCD screen and buttons to set a static IP address.
In the screen to select the drivers, click
IPP Everywhere
Pudge
EDIT:
To get the scanner enabled install from AUR
yay -S brscan4
At the end of the brscan4 install, it will list a command to enable the scanner.
then use a scanner app such as simple-scan in the Archlinux extra repo.
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I have done (multiple times) and was going to suggest, all three things that @drunkenvicar suggests with great success.
With my current brother printer, I downloaded the RPM file off the brother website. I then unpacked it and manually installed the ppm file. I think the extension is ppm. I don’t remember exactly at the mo’, but it was very easy and worked great. When adding a printer from print manager, just select the file and it does the rest for you. I found how to do it that way on the Arch wiki.
If there isn’t already a PKGBUILD in the AUR, take a look here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Packaging_Brother_printer_drivers
I tried this, and got the following error message:
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] (1/1) checking keys in keyring [----------------------] 100% (1/1) checking package integrity [----------------------] 100% (1/1) loading package files [----------------------] 100% (1/1) checking for file conflicts [----------------------] 100% :: Processing package changes... (1/1) installing brother-mfcj430w-cups-bin [----------------------] 100% -> Failed to install the following packages. Manual intervention is required: brother-mfcj430w-lpr-bin - exit status 4
There is MFC-J430W package in the AUR. It looks like from your output you need to install brother-mfcj430w-lpr-bin first then install brother-mfc-j430w
I tried installing that package first, and get a similar error message:
/home/<user>/.cache/yay/brother-mfcj430w-lpr-bin/PKGBUILD: line 16: /opt/brother/Printers/mfcj430w/inf/setupPrintcapij: No such file or directory ==> ERROR: A failure occurred in package(). Aborting... -> error making: brother-mfcj430w-lpr-bin-exit status 4 -> Failed to install the following packages. Manual intervention is required: brother-mfcj430w-lpr-bin - exit status 4
I’m not sure what manual intervention is required? Are you looking at the full output of the package build. I know on my brother printer there is a lib32 file that needs to be installed first or the package won’t install.
I just tried running the install of brother-mfc-j430w and it built and installed no problem.
[ricklinux@rick-ms7c37 ~]$ yay -S brother-mfc-j430w
Sync Dependency (1): lib32-glib2-2.80.3-1
AUR Explicit (1): brother-mfc-j430w-3.0.1-4
:: (1/1) Downloaded PKGBUILD: brother-mfc-j430w
1 brother-mfc-j430w (Build Files Exist)
==> Packages to cleanBuild?
==> [N]one [A]ll [Ab]ort [I]nstalled [No]tInstalled or (1 2 3, 1-3, ^4)
==>
1 brother-mfc-j430w (Build Files Exist)
==> Diffs to show?
==> [N]one [A]ll [Ab]ort [I]nstalled [No]tInstalled or (1 2 3, 1-3, ^4)
==>
==> Making package: brother-mfc-j430w 3.0.1-4 (Fri 21 Jun 2024 10:10:35 AM)
==> Retrieving sources...
-> Downloading brother-mfc-j430w-3.0.1-4.tar.gz...
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 3375k 100 3375k 0 0 2254k 0 0:00:01 0:00:01 --:--:-- 2253k
==> WARNING: Skipping verification of source file PGP signatures.
==> Validating source files with sha256sums...
brother-mfc-j430w-3.0.1-4.tar.gz ... Passed
:: (1/1) Parsing SRCINFO: brother-mfc-j430w
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
Package (3) New Version Net Change Download Size
multilib/lib32-pcre2 10.44-1 1.67 MiB 0.46 MiB
multilib/lib32-util-linux 2.40.1-1 1.01 MiB 0.38 MiB
multilib/lib32-glib2 2.80.3-1 3.65 MiB 1.16 MiB
Total Download Size: 2.01 MiB
Total Installed Size: 6.34 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
:: Retrieving packages...
lib32-util-linux-2.40.1-1-x86_64 393.4 KiB 1124 KiB/s 00:00 [------------------------------------] 100%
lib32-pcre2-10.44-1-x86_64 468.8 KiB 1267 KiB/s 00:00 [------------------------------------] 100%
lib32-glib2-2.80.3-1-x86_64 1191.8 KiB 2.57 MiB/s 00:00 [------------------------------------] 100%
Total (3/3) 2.0 MiB 4.07 MiB/s 00:00 [------------------------------------] 100%
(3/3) checking keys in keyring [------------------------------------] 100%
(3/3) checking package integrity [------------------------------------] 100%
(3/3) loading package files [------------------------------------] 100%
(3/3) checking for file conflicts [------------------------------------] 100%
(3/3) checking available disk space [------------------------------------] 100%
:: Running pre-transaction hooks...
(1/1) Performing snapper pre snapshots for the following configurations...
==> root: 27
:: Processing package changes...
(1/3) installing lib32-pcre2 [------------------------------------] 100%
(2/3) installing lib32-util-linux [------------------------------------] 100%
(3/3) installing lib32-glib2 [------------------------------------] 100%
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/2) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
(2/2) Performing snapper post snapshots for the following configurations...
==> root: 28
==> Making package: brother-mfc-j430w 3.0.1-4 (Fri 21 Jun 2024 10:10:46 AM)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
-> Found brother-mfc-j430w-3.0.1-4.tar.gz
==> Validating source files with sha256sums...
brother-mfc-j430w-3.0.1-4.tar.gz ... Passed
==> Removing existing $srcdir/ directory...
==> Extracting sources...
-> Extracting brother-mfc-j430w-3.0.1-4.tar.gz with bsdtar
==> Sources are ready.
==> Making package: brother-mfc-j430w 3.0.1-4 (Fri 21 Jun 2024 10:10:47 AM)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> WARNING: Using existing $srcdir/ tree
==> Entering fakeroot environment...
==> Starting package()...
==> Tidying install...
-> Removing libtool files...
-> Purging unwanted files...
-> Removing static library files...
-> Stripping unneeded symbols from binaries and libraries...
-> Compressing man and info pages...
==> Checking for packaging issues...
==> Creating package "brother-mfc-j430w"...
-> Generating .PKGINFO file...
-> Generating .BUILDINFO file...
-> Adding install file...
-> Generating .MTREE file...
-> Compressing package...
==> Leaving fakeroot environment.
==> Finished making: brother-mfc-j430w 3.0.1-4 (Fri 21 Jun 2024 10:10:50 AM)
==> Cleaning up...
loading packages...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
Package (1) New Version Net Change
brother-mfc-j430w 3.0.1-4 5.68 MiB
Total Installed Size: 5.68 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
(1/1) checking keys in keyring [------------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity [------------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) loading package files [------------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts [------------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) checking available disk space [------------------------------------] 100%
:: Running pre-transaction hooks...
(1/1) Performing snapper pre snapshots for the following configurations...
==> root: 29
:: Processing package changes...
(1/1) installing brother-mfc-j430w [------------------------------------] 100%
lpadmin: Printer drivers are deprecated and will stop working in a future version of CUPS.
Printer enabled. If it is a network printer, change ip address in CUP interface (localhost:631).
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/2) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
(2/2) Performing snapper post snapshots for the following configurations...
==> root: 30
[ricklinux@rick-ms7c37 ~]$
Edit: Maybe you need to remove everything you have installed and try again? It’s not showing that it needs the other bin package?
Edit2: As you can see it automatically installed the printer.
Edit: I guess it depends also if you are using the printer on usb with cups or setting it up differently such as a network printer?
Not stripping out old un-necessary print stuff I installed in a panic has botched more than one printing installation. Wise point.
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It all depends on how one is trying to hook it up. The installation with usb cable is mostly automatic. Installing it as a network printer or if WiFi can be a lot different in steps. I don’t tend to buy WiFi printers or set them up as network printers. But having said that a lot of printers now a days only come as WiFi and some have multiple methods to hook them up. Mine are usb connection and that’s what i typically look for when purchasing a printer.