I haven't been able to setup my Brother printer

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Here is my system:
Operating System: Manjaro Linux rolling
KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.8.0
Qt Version: 6.8.0
Kernel Version: 6.11.10-2-MANJARO (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz
Memory: 31.3 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 4600
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: OptiPlex 7020

My printer is HL-L2395DW
I have read several posts about getting a printer setup but I don’t understand a lot of the terminology about urls and ipps. Cups is installed but I don’t really know how to use it when the driver is not found. My printer is never listed when searching for a driver. The drivers go from 2340 to 2500 for the Brother drivers.
I would greatly appreciate any help that could get me started in the right direction.
Thanks

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This printer is a network printer and supports AirPrint

Brother HL-L2390DW/HL-L2395DW Review - RTINGS.com

which means that you don’t need a driver when you use it via network.

All you should need is the avahi service running.

CUPS - ArchWiki

I have read lots about it (here in the forum), but have no personal experience since I do not own such a network capable printer, so I can’t be more specific.

In addition to the above, the Arch wiki says that there is a driver available via AUR:

CUPS/Printer-specific problems - ArchWiki

here:

AUR (en) - brother-hll2395dw

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Thanks for the info. However, I have no idea how to use your information.

I clicked on your links but I don’t know what to do when I get there.
Sorry for being so dense.

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From the AUR link, you should see:
Package Details: brother-hll2395dw 4.0.0-2
So copy brother-hll2395dw

I use yay for AUR (Pamac currently is showing me an

error

Failed to read AUR data from /var/lib/pacman/sync/packages-meta-ext-v1.json.gz : Error opening file /var/lib/pacman/sync/packages-meta-ext-v1.json.gz: No such file or directory

So if you haven’t already, install yay:

pamac install yay

Now, with brother-hll2395dw copied, in the terminal do:

yay CtrlShiftV:

yay brother-hll2395dw

The result:

❯ yay brother-hll2395dw
1 aur/brother-hll2395dw 4.0.0-2 (+6 0.00) 
    Brother HL-L2395DW CUPS driver
==> Packages to install (eg: 1 2 3, 1-3 or ^4)
==>

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You might wish to do a little more reading - as a new user, please take some time to familiarise yourself with Forum requirements; in particular, the many ways to use the forum to your benefit:

The Update Announcements should be checked frequently for important update related information.

These announcements contain a Known Issues and Solutions section and should generally be checked before posting a request for support.

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You might be referring to something like this;

Problem is that your printer is not listed at IPP Everywhere™ Printers - Printer Working Group so it is probably not supported by IPP Everywhere.

The AUR approach above is likely the ‘easiest’.

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The first link was just an example for any website with info on this printer - they all say that it supports AirPrint.
Second link is the information, that the Linux printing system supports this.
Without a special driver.

It looks like neither of those links have been visited yet.

I do not have such a printer, so I only ever read about how to get them to cooperate.
Just like you, I have no experience in that realm.

Third link is just to describe how I found out that there indeed is a driver - you said you didn’t find one.

Fourth link is the page with info and recipe to get it and build it.

To use the AUR you need to fill some prerequisites.
One is to install some packages which enable you/your system to compile the software from these recipes.

sudo pacman -Syu base-devel

before you follow @Ben and use yay instead of pamac to build it.

That is the way Arch and Manjaro work - some learning is ahead even for seemingly simple things like installing a printer.

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I apologize for being so uninformed. After thinking about what was said, I went to the wiki and followed the instructions for printer setup and it worked perfectly. Thanks for you help and kindness.
I am new to Manjaro and quite up in age but I am learning a little at times.

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