Brother HL-2270DW printer driver install: Ubuntu 13.04 64 bit versions

This post is to let people know that the Brother HL-2270DW printer can be installed and works under linux. I am currently using the printer in wifi mode printing to it from Ubuntu 13.04. I have posted installation instructions for Ubuntu 12.04 and these instructions also work for Ubuntu 13.04. Here is the link to the installation instructions http://chadchenault.blogspot.com/2012/05/brother-hl-2270dw-printer-driver.html.

I hope you enjoy this printer as much as I have.

Nautilus File Manager: Add An Application to "Open With" menu in Ubuntu Linux 13.04

I found myself needing to open .mp3 and .ogg files with an application (pyRenamer) from within the file manager nautilus, also called Files, in Ubuntu Linux 13.04. From within Files, you can right click on a file and a menu opens, then select "Open With" and the application you want the file to open in.

My problem was "pyRenamer" was not listed in the applications and so this post gives instructions on how to add an application to the "Open With" menu in the Files application.

I used information from this site: https://ubuntugenius.wordpress.com/2012/06/18/ubuntu-fix-add-program-to-list-of-applications-in-open-with-when-right-clicking-files-in-nautilus/

1. Find the name of the application you want to open. It is probably found in /usr/share/applications. You can list all the applications in this directory with
ls /usr/share/applications
The name of the application will end in ".desktop", for example pyRenamer.desktop.

2. Edit pyrenamer.desktop file. This method affects all users of the machine.
sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/pyrenamer.desktop
edit the line: Exec=pyrenamer
to: Exec=pyrenamer %F
Save file and exit.
This allows you to select pyRenamer application from within the right click menu:Open With/Other Application... 

3. This is an alternate method of adding an application to the right click "open with" menu. This method is user specific.
Open the file /home/$USER/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list in your favorite text editor. $USER will be your user name and does not need to be changed if you paste this into the command line.
gedit /home/$USER/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list

4. Edit this file so that .ogg and .mp3 files can be opened by pyRenamer application. There are two highlighted lines that I added.

 
Hope this helps!


List Your Personal Scripts from the Terminal, Alias Solution

last edit: 2012-0723

Notes: If you see brackets "[   ]" in code, that indicates you supply your own variable in place of the brackets. Example: [date] = You type in "2012-0723". Quotes do not have to be included.

One of the things I enjoy about Linux is the fun and power of the scripting with bash and python. However there comes a time when you accumulate so many scripts that you can't remember their names to run them. One solution is to create a keyboard short cut that lists all the scripts in your script directory. So instead of typing:

> clear; ls -l /home/chad/Documents/scripts

The short cut would be:

> lls

 Aliases are created in two places: /etc/bash.rc or ~/.bash_aliases (~ is a shortcut for your home directory, ex. /home/chad). For this example we will add entries to /etc/bash.rc will allow short cuts to all users including root.

Backup /etc/bash.rc in case you make a mistake

> cp /etc/bash.rc /etc/bash.rc.[date].bak or
> cp /etc/bash.rc /etc/bash.rc.2012-0723.bak

 Edit bash.rc with your favorite text editor

> nano /etc/bash.rc

or if using gnome shell or default Ubuntu

> gksudo gedit /etc/bash.rc

Find section labeled "# Alias definitions." and add your alias commands below this section. My examples are below. The first example lists all files in my script directory.

alias lls='clear; ls -l --almost-all --classify /home/chad/Documents/bin'
alias ll='ls --almost-all -l --classify'  # classify indicates file type
alias la='ls --almost-all'           # long, shows hidden files
alias l='ls -C --classify' #Columns, file types

Next save your file and then update your alias variables so that your terminal shell will we aware of them. You update your bash.rc file using the "source" shell command. The source command is useful to load function or variables stored in another file.

> source /etc/bash.rc

Now test your new alias shortcut and you should see all the files listed in your scripts directory.

> lls

You can change formatting of the ls command. See man ls for options.

Brother HL-2270DW printer driver install: Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit versions

** Update 2016-0717 I am still using this printer on Ubuntu 16.04. Brother now provides the drivers as "deb" files that work with Ubuntu. I would use their drivers instead of the ones that I have here (mine are old now). Also look at the below comment on May 7, 2014 at 3:42 AM by Jo Boug. His method of installation is another good option also.

This post explains how to install Brother HL-2270DW printer drivers in Ubuntu 12.04, 64 bit versions. These instructions also work on Ubuntu 13.04. It should also work for any other Debian linux distributions, however I have only tested this on Ubuntu. Brother does not include 64 bit drivers and thus this why I created this post. There is a previous post on installing in Ubuntu 11.04/11.10 with steps on modifying the Brother 32 bit driver for 64 bit installations http://chadchenault.blogspot.com/2011/09/brother-hl-2270dw-printer-driver.html. The Ubuntu 11.xx instructions will also work for 12.04. The 12.04 includes screenshots and different formatting. You only need to follow my instructions if you are running a 64 bit version of Ubuntu. If you are concerned about security with downloading files that I have patched, you can follow the instructions from the link above to apply the patch yourself. The driver files are current as 05/28/2012.

Instructions

1.   Download the following 2 driver files that have been patched to work on 64 bit versions of Ubuntu. The patched (modified for 64 bit linux) driver files have "a" added to the file name.

  1.1.1   cupswrapperHL2270DW-2.0.4-2a.i386.deb

  1.1.2   CUPS patched driver

  1.2.1   hl2270dwlpr-2.1.0-1a.i386.deb

  1.2.2   Brother printer patched driver

2. Open a terminal window "ctrl + alt + t"
2.1 Install file dependency (lib32stdc++) for 64 bit operating system by pasting the following code into a terminal window.
2.1.1  sudo apt-get install lib32stdc++6

2.2   Change into the directory to where the files where downloaded.

2.3   Enter the following two commands from the terminal window. You can copy these commands one at a time and paste them into the terminal window. Press "Enter" key to run the command after pasting.

2.3.1   sudo dpkg -i --force-all hl2270dwlpr-2.1.0-1a.i386.deb

2.3.2   sudo dpkg -i --force-all cupswrapperHL2270DW-2.0.4-2a.i386.deb

USB printing should now work. If you want to configure wifi or ethernet printing, you will need to configure CUPS

3.   Wireless Printing Configuration for wifi (2 methods of configuration: Brothers or CUPS). I prefer the CUPS method.

3.1   Follow Brother's instructions

3.1.1   Step 5. Confirm/Configure a file according to your connection

3.2   Configure printer using CUPS printing system

3.2.1   Open web browser and goto http://localhost:631

3.2.2   login with your Ubuntu user name and password.  If you get a password error (new for 13.10), open a terminal and type in the following command: sudo killall cupsd

3.2.3   Select "Administration" tab up top

3.2.4   Under "Printers" select "Manage Printers"

3.2.5   you will now be at http://localhost:631/printers/?

3.2.5   Select the printer "HL2270DW"

           you will now be at http://localhost:631/printers/HL2270DW

3.2.6.1   My setting is "Connection: usb:/dev/usb/lp0"

              This is the setting for USB printing ("usb:")

3.2.6.2   Select from Menu "Administration/Modify Printer" if you are not using USB printing. If you wanted to keep the USB printing option you should select from Menu "Administration/Add Printer"

3.2.6.2.1   Enter your Ubuntu user name and password if prompted

                The new page will be titled "Modify HL2270DW" assuming you choose the "Modify Printer" option above.

3.2.7   Select the entry "Brother HL-2270DW series (Brother HL-2270DW series)" from 

the section "Discovered Network Printers:"

3.2.8   There are multiple entries for "Brother HL-2270DW series (Brother HL-2270DW series)" and they do not have the same configurations. I randomly selected one entry and then Select "Continue" at the bottom of the page.

3.2.9   You will get a new page for editing the printers configuration, my configuration follows

3.2.9.1   Description: HL2270DW-wifi
3.2.9.1.1   added "-wifi" since you can also have USB printing and this requires adding a new printer           configuration
3.2.9.2   Location: Study
3.2.9.3   Connection: dnssd://Brother%20HL-2270DW%20series._pdl-datastream._tcp.local/
3.2.9.3.1   Bold indicates this is for wifi printing, very important to have this correct!!!

3.2.9.4   If the "pdl-datastream._tcp.local/" was wrong I hit the back button on my browser and tried another entry until I got the correct "Connection" configuration.

3.2.9.5   Select "Continue" at bottom of page
              You get a new page titled "Modify HL2270DW"

3.2.10   Under "Model" select "Current Driver - Brother HL2270DW for CUPS"
3.2.10.1 If the current driver (PPD file) for HL2270DW is not displayed (a problem with Ubuntu 13.10) then you need to tell CUPS where the driver file is located. At "Or Provide a PPD File:", select "Browse" button and navigate to file: /usr/share/cups/model/HL2270DW.ppd.

3.2.11   Select "Modify Printer"
                You get a new page titled "HL2270DW (Idle, Accepting Jobs, Shared)"

3.2.12   Print a Test Page
3.2.13   Select from menu "Maintenance/Print a Test Page"

Congratulations

References

Thanks to GSBoomer for this arcane information from this post.
These instructions are heavily copied from my previous post "Brother HL-2270DW printer driver install: Ubuntu 11.04".
Thanks to herrsaalfeld for PPD/driver file location and for "sudo killall cupsd" command when password fails in Ubuntu 13:10.