CUPS Driver for Brother MFC-J270w Printer

Howdy, y'all.
Just wondering if anybody could help me find a .ppd version of the Brother MFC-J270w printer driver? Not available through the default packages (didn't show up in the CUPS interface) and the versions of the drivers on the Brother website are .rpm and .deb versions.
I bought this printer because there was a great deal at Best Buy, and now I am sadfacin'.

Where on the Wiki does it say you can't use the CD-ROM? Just would like to read it myself for reference.
I'm taking another look at what else comes with the .ppd file. There appears to be a shell script you can run in the PARTS directory that acts as the install tool (not very well named if nothing else). Looks like it also expects you to have made the brcupsconf-whatever file that is in the third directory in the tar file. Unfortunately, I think it's expecting the printer to be hooked up via USB, could be wrong though.
I don't know if you've already configured this printer before or if it's out-of-the-box never-been-touched and you're trying to install it to work wirelessly. Duh alert: the first time you install/configure the printer you HAVE to do it via USB, at least that was my experience. I did it through Windows, however, and it readily acquired all the wireless network information it needed that way. I'm guessing if this is really a new printer that hasn't been configured before, and you can't configure its wireless any other way, that might be what you have to do.
Short version: I'd say reconsider the tar file where you got the ppd file from, check the other two directories. Also, you may have to have the printer hooked up via USB if it's the first time you're setting it up.

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