Installing a printer
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I am attempting to connect a Brother MFC-7360N three-in-one.
When I connect it, it is not recognized and no attempt is
made to install the drivers. I consulted the help pages but
they are unhelpful. I excerpt the page below:
>Set up a local printer
>...
>If your printer was not set up automatically, you can add
it in the printer settings.
>Click your name on the top bar and select Settings.
>Click Printers.
...
The top bar of what? There is no top bar on my desktop.
I cannot follow these instructions if I don't know where
the items mentioned are.
I had hell to pay to get the device operating with the
Gnusense distribution, and even then I never got the scanner
to work. I hope connecting it with your distro will be
easier, but so far...
Connecting peripherals to machines running GNU/Linux is
a major on-going problem. It is one reason GNU/Linux will
never be a serious threat to Windows, at least for
unsophisticated users.
Paul
Menu --> System Settings --> Printers --> Add printer
Chances are there is no free driver if it's not supported by CUPS and the kernel. All printers that are recognized work automatically in GNU/Linux. You can't say that of Windows.
I think this is proprietary. You should not install drivers that have no free license and source code available.
http://support.brother.com/g/s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html#MFC-7360
https://askubuntu.com/questions/280644/install-brother-mfc-7360n-for-beginners
You have run into a common problem. Which you are not to blame because you likely lacked knowledge. Neither is trisquel. I think a lot of people here have faced it. I write this as an explanation.
Trisquel is free software. One part is having access to the source code. Trisquel and people here a strict on that. They will say, if your hardware has no free software drivers then get hardware, that has. They likely will not tell you how to get non free software on your computer in order to get a piece of hardware working.
From trisquel's point of view, brother is the wrongdoer. If brother would make the driver source software public, you would probably get to connect your hardware to trisquel.
If you want to use free software, about programs and hardware you will have to investigate your options and then choose among them available. Fx many older hp, I do not know about the new models, printers will work with trisquel.
Fx if you want a notebook, people here will tell you to buy a thinkpenguin computer. If you do not want one, then it gets difficult. In advance you cannot know if you buy a windows computer and install trisquel that the hardware devices will work.
If you are located in the eu and buy hardware on the internet from a shop located in the eu, by law you got 14 days to return the item and get a refund. You pay for returning the item. You may buy a notebook. Install and test trisquel. Preferable on an usb 3 memory flash stick. If the hardware devices work, then keep the notebook. Likely the seller cannot tell you if trisquel will work.
Among other brands, I was told not to get a lenovo. The lowest priced notebook I found was a lenovo. I bought it. I installed free software debian 8. To my knowledge it works. Except the sdcard reader. Wifi works. It seems the notebook is fast. It does not get hot. Fan runs.
If you private message supertramp83 maybe he can get your hardware to work. If he wants to.
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