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Printers and Scanners

Printers

Drivers​

Many printers will work out-of the box on Solus. If yours doesn't, you should try installing additional drivers.

BrandDriver Package(s)
Canoncanon-ufriilt-common
Dymodymo-cups-driver
Epsonepson-inkjet-printer-escpr
HPhplip

Brother​

The Solus repositories include brlaser, an open-source driver for many Brother monochrome laser printers and multi-function devices. Compatible models are listed here

Other Brother drivers are distributed by Brother for a single printer only. Because of this, you will need to install the package for your specific printer.

For example, brother-mfc1910w provides drivers for the MFC-1910w.

Compatibility​

The following printers have been tested and/or suggested to function correctly by our users.

This list should not suggest that only such devices listed below are compatible with Solus, as there may be devices not listed below that are in fact compatible.

Brother​

  • Brother DCP-135C
  • Brother DCP-1510
  • Brother DCP-1512
  • Brother DCP-1610W
  • Brother DCP-7010
  • Brother DCP-7060D
  • Brother DCP-L2520DW
  • Brother HL-1210W
  • Brother HL-1212W
  • Brother HL-2220
  • Brother HL-L2315DW
  • Brother HL-L2320D
  • Brother HL-L2360D
  • Brother HL-L2375DW
  • Brother MFC-1910W
  • Brother MFC-440CN
  • Brother MFC-9130CW
  • Brother MFC-9330CDW
  • Brother MFC-J220
  • Brother MFC-J480DW
  • Brother MFC-L2700DW
  • Brother MFC-L2703DW
  • Brother MFC-L2740DW

Should your printer not be on this list, and the generic brlaser driver does not work, you can request your printer here for inclusion here

Scanners

Brother​

You can connect your Brother scanner via USB or LAN to be able to scan. To get newer Brother scanners to work you will have to install the package brscan4

Network scanner​

If your scanner is networked, you need to tell saned the IP of your printer. It's advised to always give your printer the same IP inside your network (that is, a static IP address). Run the following command to accomplish this:

brsaneconfig4 -a name=SCANNER model=$MODEL ip=$IPOFYOURSCANNER