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[–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yeah I went through the whole process to download the linux drivers and generate the package as outlined on the Brother website. I could never get it functioning properly that way. The generic driver that the bazzite/fedora print manager used occasionally works but again, it does weird stuff sometimes.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Arch wins the day again, yaay

[–] peterhorvath@mastodon.de -2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@Know_not_Scotty_does If the manufacturer gave linux drivers, they are probably inserted into your linux distribution. So you do not need to install anything.

[–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

My specific printer wasn't listed in the default print manager but it also didn't make a difference when I tried to manually add it via the brother website. Its an old and shitty printer, I need to just replace it.