Rpm or dpkg required for installing Brother DCP-T220 printer drivers

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I cannot find drivers for my printer Brother DCP-T220 on AUR library. I tried installing through the driver installation tool given on Brother website but it throws an error

Rpm or dpkg is required.
rmdir: failed to remove ‘’: No such file or directory

I think it is because of only .deb and .rpm packages available for brother printers. Is there a way I can install the drivers.

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you can install “debtap” from the aur that converts deb-packages and give it a try. check the internet for further handling of debtap but it should be more easy to use “cups” to install brother-printers.

here’s a howto at youtube, it’s german but it’s self-declaring. you’ll find much more searching for “manjaro brother cups”.

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Follow this guide according to a similar post:

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I am new to arch linux, I tried this method but could not figure out how to make the PKGBUILD file

I have almost made the PKGBUILD file but I don’t know what to fill in the md5sums: (). Hence, I am getting an error because I tried with “skip” arguement.

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@aryanbhagat I have created a pkgbuild for you. Just follow these instructions:

sudo pacman -S base-devel git --needed
git clone https://github.com/ishaanbhimwal/brother-dcpt220.git
cd brother-dcpt220
makepkg -si
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git clone GitHub - ishaanbhimwal/brother-dcpt220
Cloning into ‘brother-dcpt220’…
remote: Enumerating objects: 5, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (5/5), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (5/5), done.
remote: Total 5 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (5/5), done.

But I was able to create my own PKGBUILD. Thank you anyways for the help.

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Hi,

Are you sure you need a driver to make your printer work ? Did you try this first ?

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Great! I have added the package to the AUR incase anyone needs it:

pamac build brother-dcpt220
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autofill running updpkgsums in the same folder of the pkgbuild

Some things need or could be changed in your pkgbuild, I’ll send you a patch when I have time

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I did install the package successfully and it has been added in the printer section but the printer is still not working. It just shows active jobs but nothing happens.

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None of the command is working - test page, cleaning heads, etc.

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This is not a wifi printer, I have connected it via USB. It has been added through administrator settings

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Can you try to download the driver here: Downloads | DCP-T220 | Others | Brother ?

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Those are .deb and .rpm packages. Those can’t be installed on Arch that is why I am getting the original error of rpm or dpkg required.

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What is the status in localhost:631/printers/ when you try to print a test page from gnome-settings?

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Yourself or the AUR one cause I recently updated it?

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In the gnome-settings when I print a test page the status remains idle on localhost:631/printers/.

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yay brother-dcpt220

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I removed my printer and then installed from aur.