On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 12:27 PM, Igor Cicimov <icici...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 11:38 AM, Joel Rees <joel.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I got a Brother printer to work by installing both the debian packages >> from the repos and the deb from Brother's website, but the scanner >> still isn't being found. >> >> Running Wheezy. >> >> Would anyone care to tell me what steps they took to get scan >> functionality on their Brother multifunction printers? >> >> -- >> Joel Rees >> >> I'm imagining I'm a novelist: >> http://reiisi.blogspot.jp/p/novels-i-am-writing.html >> >> > Install xsane and you are done. > Just got some time to dig out my notes from installing my MFC-J430W back in November 2013, maybe it helps someone although is for Ubuntu-12.04: --- First configured the printer with static IP of 192.168.1.205 Printer install ================ $ sudo dpkg -i mfcj430wlpr-3.0.0-1.i386.deb $ sudo dpkg -i mfcj430wcupswrapper-3.0.0-1.i386.deb Then add the printer from the printig menu of the System Settings tool as network printer. The MFC-J430W will be now listed under Brother printers. I set the printer as IPP. Scanner install ================= http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_scn.html $ wget http://www.brother.com/cgi-bin/agreement/agreement.cgi?dlfile=http://www.brother.com/pub/bsc/linux/dlf/brscan4-0.4.1-3.amd64.deb&lang=English_lpr $ wget http://www.brother.com/cgi-bin/agreement/agreement.cgi?dlfile=http://www.brother.com/pub/bsc/linux/dlf/brscan-skey-0.2.4-0.amd64.deb&lang=English_lpr $ sudo dpkg -i brscan4-0.4.1-3.amd64 $ sudo brsaneconfig4 -a name=MFC-J430W model=Brother ip=192.168.1.205 # brsaneconfig4 -q | grep MFC-J430W 27 "MFC-J430W" 0 MFC-J430W "Brother" I:192.168.1.205 Then start xsane and start scanning ---
