User:Jaaf/draft3

rpm installer
As the drivers are available from Brother as .rpm file. You need to have the  package installed.

cups
You also need cups installed

Downloading the driver from Brother
The drivers for Brother printers are available at Brother solutions' web page. Search for you model name by clicking Printer driver in the Download box. After having chosen your model you will be presented four drivers for download. Please download the two ones ending in .rpm that are LPR driver and cupswrapper driver.

Installing the drivers
Installing the drivers may be a multiple steps process as some needed directories may appears missing on your Gentoo installation. To install a driver change to the directory where you downloaded the .rpm files. Then issue the following command to visualize the filenames.

Of course the driver names may change according to your model's name. Using the previous command will allow you to copy and paste the filenames in the rpm command to avoid typos when entering them. First install the ...cupswrapper... driver: