How do I install Brother QL-700 label printer drivers in Ubuntu 12.04?

Question

I recently purchased a Brother QL-700 label printer for printing address labels in Ubuntu 12.04. The Brother website lists Linux drivers, specifically for Ubuntu 8.04+. I have installed the driver and the printer shows up in System Settings → Printers, but the status there is stuck at "Processing - Waiting for printer to become available" and I'm unable to use the printer.

In case anyone's wondering, I have indeed:

• Powered it on,
• Connected it via USB,
• Installed both the lpr and cupswrapper drivers listed, and
• Followed the directions on Brother's site.

I'm kind of at a loss. Any help would be appreciated.

Solution

Running Ubuntu 13.10 amd64 I just followed the instrunctions on http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/instruction_esp1.html and it just works.

Caveat: turn off "Editor Lite" on the printer (hold little button on front until LED turns off) otherwise the printer will not be accssible to CUPS.

Comments

[Eric Carvalho]

"download the driver and ist done", what about installing the driver? You could elaborate your answer.

[Cassidy James Blaede]

That didn't work; as I noted in the question, I downloaded and installed the drivers from the Brother site without success.

[Cassidy James Blaede]

Thanks for the tip about the editor lite! Unfortunately, I'm still stuck. :(

[AntonioCS]

I am on centos and was stuck on the brother printer until I pressed on the Editor lite :D Thanks for the tip, for me it worked great (note: I had already installed the drivers available at the vendors website)

[wojci]

The link is dead. :)