I have a Brother laser and it is the easiest printer that I have ever used
in Linux. You need to install the Brother drivers which in the
repositories. Just search for Brother and they will come it. The
Description lists the printers that are supported if you used Synaptic to
install. There are several to choose from. I have never had a problem with
it across several versions of Ubuntu. Also you do not have to have a
perfect match for most printers. Many will work just fine with the closest
match.