Scott, are you sure that your 12.04 live CD is completely up-to-date? You must have the kernel 3.0.0-13 or newer and CUPS 1.5.0-11 or newer. If this is not the case, do a system update in the live session running the following commands in a terminal:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade After that unplug the printer, remove any broken queues which perhaps got generated for it and plug in the printer again. Does it get detected and set up now? -- 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/cups/+bug/883169/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
