Brother Mfc-495cw

This page is intended for the Brother MFC-495CW printer CUPS wrapper and can also be used successfully to install other MFC printers.
 * MFC-495CW
 * MFC-465CN

Prerequisite
Make sure that rpm is installed on your system, if it is not run as root Some drivers (f.e. MFC-465cn) need tcsh and a2ps, if not installed run as root

Obtain Packages
First download theses two packages:  mfc495cwlpr-1.1.2-1.i386.rpm mfc495cwcupswrapper-1.1.2-2.i386.rpm 

Pre-Installation
Now these directory's need to be added and the following permissions and ownerships changed:

Install Packages
To install the rpm's use these two commands:

Link CUPS Wrapper
In order for CUPS to find the wrapper it needs to be linked accordingly:

After these steps cups should show the MFC-495CW that is connected via USB under the Printers tab and you may make your changes as necessary.

Troubleshooting
If the printer is connected via the network instead of USB, just change the device URI to socket://. Additional information can be found on Brothers Solutions Site.