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## Introduction

Printing and scanning with an all-in-one Brother printer is possible on linux thanks to 3rd party Brother all-in-one printer and scanner drivers.
Printing and scanning with an all-in-one Brother printer is possible on Linux thanks to 3rd party Brother all-in-one printer and scanner drivers.

This guide was tested with a Brother MFC-J480DW.
!!! info

Procedure tested with a Brother MFC-J480DW.

## Prerequisites and assumptions

- Rocky 9.4 Workstation
- `sudo` privileges
- Brother all-in-one printer/scanner
- Brother all-in-one printer and scanner

This guide assumes your printer is accessible from your workstation either via a direct USB connection or LAN (Local Area Network). Connecting a printer to your LAN is outside the scope of this article.
This guide assumes your printer is accessible from your workstation either with a direct USB connection or LAN (Local Area Network). Connecting a printer to your LAN is outside the scope of this article.

## Adding a Printer in GNOME
## Adding a printer in GNOME

1. Open ++"Settings"++
2. In the left menu click, ++"Printers"++
3. Notice the banner at the top of window that says "Unlock to Change Settings"
4. Click ++"Unlock"++ and enter sudo credentials.
4. Click ++"Unlock"++ and enter `sudo` credentials.
5. Click ++"Add"++

After clicking ++"Add"++, ++"Settings"++ will start scanning for printers. If your printer doesn't show up but you know it's ip address on your local area network, enter the ip address manually. Connecting your printer to your home network is beyond the scope of this article.

A Software window will launch that attempts to locate and install printer drivers. Most likely, this will fail. You will need to go Brother's website to install the additional drivers.
After clicking ++"Add"++, ++"Settings"++ will start scanning for printers. If your printer does not show up but you know its IP address on your local area network, enter the IP address manually. Connecting your printer to your home network is beyond the scope of this article.

A Software window launches that attempts to locate and install printer drivers. Generally, this will fail. You will need to go Brother's website to install the additional drivers.

## Downloading and Installing the Drivers
## Downloading and installing the drivers

[Brother Driver Installer Script Installation Instructions:](https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist.aspx?&c=us&lang=en&prod=mfcj480dw_us_eu_as&os=127){target="_blank"}

1. [Download the Brother MFC-J480DW Printer driver bash script](https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadtop.aspx?c=us&lang=en&prod=mfcj480dw_us_eu_as){target="_blank"}
2. Open a terminal window.
3. Go to the directory you downloaded the file to in the last step. e.g. `cd Downloads`
4. Enter this command to extract the downloaded file:
```bash
gunzip linux-brprinter-installer-*.*.*-*.gz
```

```bash
gunzip linux-brprinter-installer-*.*.*-*.gz
```

5. Get superuser authorization with the `su` command or `sudo su` command.
6. Run the tool:
```bash
bash linux-brprinter-installer-*.*.*-* Brother machine name
```

```bash
bash linux-brprinter-installer-*.*.*-* Brother machine name
```

7. The driver installation will start. Follow the installation screen directions

The install process may take some time. Please wait until it is complete. Once it is finished you can optionally send a test print.
The installation process may take some time. Wait until it is complete. Once finished, you can optionally send a test print.

## Scanner Support
## Scanner support

Xsane is a scanning utility that provides a graphical user-interfacce to make scans. It has packages available from the appstream repository requiring no additional configuration.

```bash
sudo dnf install sane-backends sane-frontends xsane
```

The xsane gui looks a little intimidating but doing a simple scan is straightforward. When you launch xsane a window with a button exists where you can ++"Acquire a preview"++. This will take a preview image of a scan. Once read to scan click the button 'Start' in the main menu.
The xsane GUI looks a little intimidating but doing a simple scan is straightforward. When you launch xsane a window with a button exists where you can ++"Acquire a preview"++. This will take a preview image of a scan. Once read to scan click the button ++"Start"++ in the main menu.

For a more comprehensive xsane guide read this [article by the University of Cambridge Faculty of Mathematics](https://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/computing/printing/xsane){target="_blank"}

## Conclusion

After installing the necessary Brother drivers and xsane you should now be able to print and scan on your all-in-one Brother printer/scanner.

After installing the necessary Brother drivers and xsane you should now be able to print and scan on your all-in-one Brother printer and scanner.

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