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[Pascal De Vuyst <pascal.devuyst@xxxxxxxxx>]

Are you using the recommended openprinting-ppds:0/ppd/openprinting/Brother/BR8480_2_GPL.ppd Brother MFC-8480DN BR-Script3 printer driver? The apport-collect info will tell us.
As an alternative according to the specifications of the Brother  MFC-8480DN it also supports PCL6. So you can also try if a Generic PCL6 driver especially Foomatic/pxlmono or Foomatic/hpijs-pcl5e for this B/W laser printer gives better results. Let us know which one works best comparing speed and graphics output quality.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1363670

Title:
  8480dn

Status in “cups” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Terrible print drivers for the Brother  MFC-8480DN (connected via USB
  to the computer).

  I've been running Ubuntu since version 10 and in five versions the
  supplied Ubuntu drivers have never worked.

  Sometimes I get double copies when I choose one copy. Sometimes
  nothing prints. Sometimes I get the message:

  ERROR NAME;
         ioerror
  COMMAND;
         image
  OPERAND STACK;
          10
          --arraytype--
          10
          0
          --arraytype--

  Sometimes when sending a job to the printer, it just shuts down and
  reboots. Sometimes it prints gibberish or blank pages. It happens
  whether I print from Firefox or Open office.

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