How to Install and Use Brother HL-2130 Laser Printer on Debian

There was an old laser printer which I had to make use of recently. It was a monotone Brother HL-2130 printer. I found a solution for Debian (but not yet for Arch).

Let's face it. Printers are sometimes hard to get right on linux. I had luck for some ink printers, but this one was not being tamed so easily. I tried many things on Arch Linux, but failed on each one. Fortunately I found a script from Brother themselves and it supports DEB and RPM based distros. I had a Debian testing installation lying around, so I tried it there and it worked on first try! Amazing!

Installation steps:

1. Install cups:

sudo apt install cups

2. Connect the printer and Download the script from here:
https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadend.aspx?c=au&lang=en&prod=hl2130_all&os=128&dlid=dlf006893_000&flang=4&type3=625
3. gunzip the file:

gunzip linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.1-1.gz

4. Login as root and run the script:

sudo -s
bash linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.1-1

When asked for model name I entered HL-2130:

Input model name ->HL-2130

When asked for Device URI, I entered "n" (no) because I was using USB connection:

Will you specify the Device URI? [Y/n] ->n

If you have other type of connection choose accordingly.
Every other questions are easy to answer. Usually just agreeing to license agreements etc.

Eventually it should be installed and ready to use.
You will find "HL2130" printer on the print dialog.