I got our Brother DCP-8045D to work by adding "usblp" to /etc/modules and then using parallel:/dev/usblp0 as the URI (the deprecated way of doing things!).
Simply upgrading to 3.0.0-13 didn't help. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/883169 Title: Brother MFC-8840D usb printer not detected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/system-config-printer/+bug/883169/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs