I tried again after restarting the printer but there was no luck. It seems the drivers for the 7450 are not meant for the 7440N at all.
I did some more searching and have been able to get the printer working. It is using 7440N drivers and a cupswrapper. Below is how to set it up. ------------------------------- Instructions taken from these sources: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1606673 http://63.231.93.8/drupal/?q=node/6 http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/index.html ---------------------------- To setup the Brother MFC-7440N printer/scanner on Ubuntu 64bit 11.10 using a USB connection: 1) Download the LPR Driver (deb) and cupswrapper driver (deb) from the brother web site: http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html#MFC-7440N 2) Create this folder if it does not alread exist [code] sudo mkdir /usr/share/cups/model [/code] 3) Install the downloaded LPR Driver [code] sudo dpkg -i --force-all brmfc7440nlpr-2.0.2-1.i386.deb [/code] The '--force-all' switch is required as this package is designed for x86 architecture and we are using x64. The --force-architecture switch could be used instead of --force-all. 4) Install the downloaded Cupswrapper Driver [code] sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture cupswrapperMFC7440N-2.0.2-1.i386.deb [/code] Again this is an x86 package and we are using x64 At this point a test print will work however in my case the borders were not correct, the next step selects the PPD file which will correct this. 5) Select the PPD file for the printer System - Printers - MFC7440N - Properties Make and Model: - Change Provide PPD File Browse to /usr/share/cups/model and select the file MFC7440N.PPD A test print with borders worked correctly after selecting this file ------------------------------- If I do a search in the Ubuntu Software Centre for 'mfc' I see a bunch of brother cupswrapper drivers and ppd files. (None of them are for the 7440N). Is there a way we can create a package out of the information we have here and publish it so that it is easy to install the 7440N printer by installing a package from the Ubuntu Software Centre? Most average and non technical users are not going to put in the research or effort required to make this printer work in Ubuntu. They will simply assume it doesn't work. I would like to make it easy for them if I can. How do we get this incorporated into the CUPS drivers updates or published in the Ubuntu Software Centre? Is the PPD file that gets created usable as a stand alone file on a clean install without going through the above? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/873548 Title: Brother MFC 7440N printer is detected but will not print To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/873548/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
