However, it installs hundreds of packages totaling hundreds of MB and to me is a hammer approach, where I prefer to find a scalpel solution. Then I installed the Driver Install Tool from the page above and this does fix the problem. When I plug the printer into my computer it sets itself up just fine and will print basic stuff like web pages etc, but cannot reliably print PDFs and other documents.įirst I tried installing just the LPR printer driver (deb package) and then CUPSwrapper printer driver (deb package) from this page: I am running Mint 19.3 Cinnamon and have a Brother HL-L2300D printer connected via USB. The following could work for most Brother printers. Just posting this in case it helps someone.