Since OSX 10.10.3 Brother printer is no longer found

Hi,
after updating OSX and then deleting all printers in system settings (had a problem with an Epson scanner/printer combo... different story but similar...) I'm trying to add my Brother printer again. But it is not found, it won't appear in the list. This seems to be a problem with OSX, because using the Brother Admin Tool (BRAdminLight) I can print a test page - so technically a connection exists (over network). I also updated the printer firmware with the tool from Brother, but it didn't change anything.
What can I do?

Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
Select
/var/log ▹ cups ▹ error_log
from the hierarchical list on the left side of the Console window. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Select the messages, if any, from the time of the last failed attempt to add the printer. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message (command-V).
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