On Fri 12 Nov 2021 at 07:30:36 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > On 11/11/2021 03:11 PM, Brian wrote: > > On Thu 11 Nov 2021 at 14:34:20 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > > > > > > On 11/11/2021 02:06 PM, Brian wrote: > > > > On Thu 11 Nov 2021 at 12:38:33 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > > > > > > > I am running buster on my Linux platform. > > > > > > > > > > I have installed a new Brother Laser print using the current Brother > > > > > Linux installer. > > > > The MFC-L2710DW is a modern device and is completely supported by > > > > packages shipped with Debian 11 (bullseye). It is also completely > > > > supported for printing via a wireless connection on buster. > > > > > > > > The packages needed for USB connections and scanning do not come > > > > with buster but can easily be obtained from > > > > > > > > https://github.com/alexpevzner/sane-airscan > > > > > > > > Do yourself a favour and read > > > > > > > > https://wiki.debian.org/CUPSQuickPrintQueues > > > > > > > > A user with a device such as yours does not need proprietary, > > > > non-free printing or scanning drivers in 2021. > > > > > > > Very interesting. Thank you. > > Interesting indeed. Reaching for printing and scanning drivers, > > whether free or non-free, is still a user's first thought. I > > suppose one should work to tackle the issue you outline but > > switching to driverless printing and scanning is a lot easier > > and makes most problems involving drivers go away. Additionally, > > it future-proofs the printing and scanning systems. > > > This is the immediate problem that I need to fix: > > comp@AbNormal:~$ sudo apt upgrade > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > E: The package brscan4 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive > for it.
Did this command then complete and give a prompt? > sudo apt update ran without any problems. Did the output say how many packages needed to be upgraded? Can you scan? -- Brian.
