Adding Printer on Linux

Last updated Sep 29, 2025 by Simon Späti

This example are for my Brother DCPL2550DN currently having

# UI

system-config-printer - CUPS configuration tool.

# Drivers are installed

check what

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ls /usr/share/cups/model/ | grep -i brother

# Terminal way

# Brother MFC-L3760CDW

Uncomment multilib in sudo vim /etc/pacman.conf

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[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

Then do this

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#update package database
sudo pacman -Sy
#install otherwise missing package for yay brother package below
sudo pacman -S lib32-expat

Now we can install like normal:

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# Driver from AUR https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/brother-mfc-l3760cdw)
yay -S brother-mfc-l3760cdw

# Add the printer directly
sudo lpadmin -p Brother-MFC-L3760CDW -E -v ipp://192.168.1.205/ipp -m everywhere

# Set it as default (optional)
sudo lpadmin -d Brother-MFC-L3760CDW

# Test if it was added
lpstat -p

Old way - didn’t work the best

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#sudo lpadmin -p Brother-MFC-L3760CDW -E -v ipp://192.168.1.205/ipp/print -P /usr/share/cups/model/Brother/brother_mfcl3760cdw_printer_en.ppd

# Brother-DCP-L2550DN

with the terminal:

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# Driver from AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/brother-dcpl2550dn)
yay -S brother-dcpl2550dn

# Add the printer directly
sudo lpadmin -p Brother-DCP-L2550DN -E -v ipp://192.168.1.108/ipp/print -P /usr/share/cups/model/Brother/Brother-DCPL2550DN-cups-en.ppd

# Set it as default (optional)
sudo lpadmin -d Brother-DCP-L2550DN

# Test if it was added
lpstat -p