Question: I'm looking to install drivers for my "Brother HL-2170W" network printer. I can't seem to find the correct driver on the Brother site. Any help would be appreciated. I'm running on Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS x86\_64.

Answer: 
I've (mostly) solved this problem, by doing something simple. I went into printer properties and changed the "Device URI". I chose "LPD/LPR Host or Printer" and used my ip address instead of one of the network printers Ubuntu suggests. 

This solves my general printing slowness as pages go to the printer immediately. The only exception is PDFs that still take a while to print.
I don't have any experience with this printer, but from what I've found it either "just works" when you plug it in using USB; if you'd like it to communicate over a network it needs to be configured and there is only software for Windows or Mac. This means you'll need to either use a Windows or Mac computer or VM to configure it, and then be able to use it from Ubuntu.

From [UbuntuForums.org](http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1389914):

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> I have that printer. WHen hooked up with USB, it just works, however, the printer does not have a control panel built in and requires Windows or Mac based software to configure it for use with a wireless network. I used Windows XP in VirtualBox to configure it, the printer configuration in Ubuntu was able to see it on the wireless network and connected just as easily as it did via USB. Its a great printer, just sucks that you have to use windows to configure the network...
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([source](http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8721426&postcount=6))

From [another thread](http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=897227) I found a link to a PPD file that can be used to install your printer, however those posters were using Ubuntu 8.04, although it could be worth trying.