Brother HL-L2340DW printer

Found a better (native, not Google) solution - eventually. This is a pain, but perhaps it will help some poor soul in the future. Unfortunately I can't easily go back and do it again on a virgin system to verify it, so there could be mistakes below - sorry. Better than nothing, though, I hope.

• Start at http://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadtop.aspx?c=us&lang=en&prod=hll2340dw_us_eu_as (The instructions on this page are terrible, confusing, incomplete, wrong. You need to get the files from there, but here's what I really had to do:)
• Select OS Family = Linux, OS Version = deb. Click Search.
• Download both Generic LPR printer driver (deb package) and Generic CUPSwrapper printer driver (deb package)
• sudo mkdir /var/spool/lpd
• sudo mkdir /usr/share/cups/model
• Open the LPR package with Ubuntu Software Centre. Install it. Overlook the badly-made-package warning.
• Open the CUPSwrapper package with Ubuntu Software Centre. Install it. Overlook the badly-made-package warning.
• Add a CUPS printer as normal. These are the settings I ended up with, which work for me:
  • Device URI: lpd://Brother/BINARY_P1 ("brother" is set up on my DNS, you could use printer's IP addr, 192.168.x.x)
  • Make and Model Brother BrGenML1 for CUPS (selected from Makes -> Brother, Models -> BrGenML1 for CUPS)

Found another howto. If anyone wants to test this for applicability to the 2340DW that would be great.

https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/15