This provides the PPD (Postscript Printer Description) driver for Brother DCP-L8410CDW printer and is needed by CUPS to support it. This is merely a repackaging of the official "deb" package. You can check if the PPD is installed correctly by: $ lpinfo -m | grep 8410 Brother/brother_dcpl8410cdw_printer_en.ppd Brother DCP-L8410CDW CUPS To add the printer to CUPS, first its URI must be retrieved: $ lpinfo -v ... network lpd://BRWD0123456789A/BINARY_P1 And eventually, the printer can be added to CUPS by: # lpadmin \ -p mybrother \ # name -L "Valhalla" \ # location -D "The Almighty Printer" \ # description -E \ # enable -v lpd://BRWD0123456789A/BINARY_P1 \ # device URI -P /usr/share/cups/model/brother_dcpl8410cdw_printer_en.ppd Later, it may be removed with: # lpadmin -x mybrother