Brother DCP L2520DW Printer and Scanner
Seting up this printer and scanner in a computer with a Linux based operating system (Ubuntu 22.04 64 bits in this example)
This printer has a few unique features:
- automatic dual-side prnting
- wifi connection (which allows also printing from smart devices such as android smartphones and such)
- very cheap laser toner (lack and white)
- scanner
- copier
- drivers for linux also
URL with drivers, manuals and information:
https://www.brother.es/impresoras/impresoras-laser/dcp-l2520dw
https://www.brother.es/soporte/dcp-l2520dw/descargas
https://www.brother.es/soporte/dcp-l2520dw/manuales
1. Printer - by usb cable
You can set it up in Ubuntu 22.04 by means of plugging it in the computer through the usb cable, and follow the standard ubuntu dialogues for adding a new local usb printer.
Open your Add new printer dialogue in the Printers package in Ubuntu:
After a few seconds the printer (which must be on and plugged in to the computer through the usb cable) will be automatically detected and displayed in the list. Then you can click at Next ("> Seguent" in the previous screenshot)
You have to choose a driver for it, while there is one recommended for this printer already. You can choose it, and click at Next ("Següent")
Then you can customize the description and location info for this printer.
Last, you can set the device to print dual sided by default (to save some paper). You can do so by means of setting up/configuring the printer again, and choose at "2-Sided Printing: Long Edge (Portrait)". And click at Ok ("D'acord" in this screenshot)
You are done. Youy can print a test page, and it will get printet by this machine.
2. Scanner
Follow the instructions on the brother website, which imply downloading a deb package and install it with the commands indcated by bother website.
You can install the driver install tool, in my case, the Linux deb package 64 bits, and in English.
This dowlonaded this file:
linux-brprinter-installer-*.*.*-*.gz (linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.4-1.gz in my case)
from https://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf006893/linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.4-1.gz
Then I could install this installer tool, which installed other packages itself, including the scanner driver.
Note about Ubuntu 24.04: libsane is not included as such anymore but libsane1, and this driver looks for the drivers in package libsane. Therefore, you can manually install libsane aside of libsane1, so that brscan-key can install successfully in your Ubuntu 24.04-based distro.
Download libsane from here:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/kinetic/amd64/libsane/1.1.1-5 (deb file)
And install with Gdebi or Qapt as usual.
Repeat the installation process in order to get brscan-key successfully installed if you use Ubuntu 24.04-based distros
After this, you can start skanlite program, for instance, from kde.
You will be offered, the first time, to seelct whether the basic driver, or the wifi-enabled driver. Select the second option: the wifi-enabled driver.
From then on, launching the skanlite program will autodetect the scanner automatically after the previous drivers were installed (but not before).
Or the gscan2pdf, which allows scanning many images into one single pdf to be produced in the end, etc.
3. Printer and Scanner - by wifi
Wifi connection between the printer and the router can be achieved auto-magically by menas of pressing the WPS or AOSS button in your router and the "wifi" button in the printer.
Once the connection is done, you can reach your printer/scanner through a web interface using a local url address within your wifi network. In my case, the printer was provided the ip 192.168.0.26. Therefgore, you can connect to it with:
http://192.168.0.21/
See the manual:
https://download.brother.com/welcome/doc100145/cv_eng_mpg_ard_a.pdf - English
https://download.brother.com/welcome/doc100145/cv_spa_mpg_ard_a.pdf - Spanish
From Android devices, you can install the app "“Brother iPrint and Scan" from Google Play, in order to be able to print or scan from/to the smart device.
From iPhone something similar can be achieved (see the manual in pdf above).
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