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I am attempting to install a Brother hl 4070cdw printer on an Ubuntu 8.04 installation.

I am receiving a "cups-missing-filter" message.

I have followed the instructions at Brothers web site to no avail. I have downloaded the Ubuntu drivers for this to no avail.

I use and have the cups drivers installed.

I send the information to a wireless router and then to the printer at 192.168.0.65 but I do not seem to be getting to the wireless router.

The printer does work with Windows and other linux installations. I also had difficulty installing this printer in Ubuntu 7.1.

I would appreciate ideas and suggestions, especially as it has never in my life taken 5 days to complete a simple printer installation.

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by jdclyde

Sorry I don't have an answer for you.

Just posting to bump you up in the list, so it will be more likely to be seen. B-)

I would be interested in the answer myself. ;\

by Former member

1. Uninstall the cups driver: sudo dpkg -P hl4070cdw.

2. sudo mkdir /usr/share/cups/model

3. sudo chmod 777 /usr/share/cups/model

reinstall cups driver:
4. sudo -i --force-all --force-architecture brhl4070cups-1.0.0-7.i386.deb

5. sudo aa-complain cupsd

Printer now works.

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