Hi everyone! 
The IPP integration already tells you how much ink is left. But a Brother knows much more: the drum, the belt, the fuser unit, the page counters… Here comes Brother Printers, the IPP add-on that @pierre-gilles was waiting for 
Everything goes locally, via SNMP, just like in Home Assistant (where it is on 8.7% of installations).
What it does
Automatic discovery of Brother printers on the network, with IP entry as a backup.- One device per printer, with only what your model reports:
- the message displayed on the printer’s screen;
- the toner or ink by color, the drum, the belt, the fuser, the laser unit, the paper kits, the waste ink tank;
- the remaining pages before the next replacement;
- the printed pages (total, black, color, duplex).
A « Consumables » widget: gauges, status, alerts, and a « Reread » button.
Two triggers: « Low Consumable » (at the chosen level, once, then again after a replacement) and « Printer Alert » (jam, out of paper, open cover…, with the screen message). And an action « Reread a printer » to slide into a message.
The cool thing
Black toner at 20% → « Remember to order toner » on Telegram
Out of paper → message with the screen text
1st of the month → the number of printed pages and the lowest consumable
Installation
Gladys 5.1 minimum.
It arrives in the store later today. In a hurry? Integrations → Install from GitHub, with the address GitHub - guim31/gladys-brother: Brother printers for Gladys Assistant: toner, drum and page counters over SNMP, on the local network · GitHub
- Check that SNMP is enabled on the printer (it’s the factory setting).
- Install the integration, then add your printer from the Discovery tab.
- It doesn’t appear? Enter its IP address in the configuration, and the « Test a printer » button tells you what responds.
Honest caveats: it’s read-only, without SNMPv3, and on some older models the integration can’t tell if it’s a laser or an inkjet.
Developed without the hardware: I don’t have a Brother on hand. Tests are based on the real responses of 14 models (HL, DCP, MFC, laser and inkjet), taken from the Home Assistant library, but nothing beats your own printer. Give me the model in your feedback!
Like the previous ones, coded with the help of Claude Code 
. Independent project, not affiliated with Brother.
Do you have a Brother? I’m counting on you 