UPDATE: On a freshly installed Bionic (minimal install) system I also
had to install libusb-0.1-4
This procedure worked for me to get a Brother DCP-7020 scanner working in
Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic.
For this procedure the user is "bob"
1) Install the latest brscan2 package (I have brscan2-0.2.5-1.am
Here's a procedure that worked for me in Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic.
For this procedure the user is "bob"
1) Install the latest brscan2 package (I have brscan2-0.2.5-1.amd64.deb
which I downloaded in 2014)
2) Manually link the drivers brscan2 installed into /usr/lib/x86_64
-linux-gnu/sane/ and /usr/lib
I gave up on Brother after having to fiddle with the config on every OS
upgrade, and I recommend that everyone else do the same. I tried
opening a support ticket the last time, and they said Linux support is
only available in the forums, which tells me they don't actively support
it any more (if t
I just upgraded to from Xenial 16.04 to Bionic 18.04 and unfortunately
the scanner broke again.
Unfortunately the changes affect two places -- udev seems to have made
big changes to the scanner section, so I wrote a completely new udev
file, and the sane-dll backend doesn't look in the same direct
I just upgraded to Xenial and the situation is the same. However I
wanted to note that the script in comment #27 didn't work for me.
Here's a procedure to get the brscan2 package work in Ubuntu Trusty or
Xenial:
1) Install the latest brscan2 package (I have brscan2-0.2.5-1.amd64.deb
)
2) Copy th
As part of the big bug review for 16.04 LTS I have tested this on 15.10
and the bug is still there. I think this is a feature request rather
than a bug.
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Status: Triaged => Opinion
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I couldn't get the ubuntu packaged Brother drivers to work at all.
I got a tool from Brother's website. That installed the printer, worked
perfectly.
I downloaded the brscan2 and brscan-keytool from brother's website. At
first this didn't work. but a strace showed why. the problem here
isn't
Personally, I never got any answer from Brother, I bought a HP printer,
it works perfectly with HPLIP...
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Title:
Brother's printer/scanner drivers
I also wrote to Brother through the provided form. I have also asked for
source code for the lpd filters. I have pointed them to this page for
additional information.
#8: Did you get some feedback from Brother?
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#21: Just for the record, I also wrote to Brother via the Linux contact
form. Said I would not buy nor recommend another Brother product until
they support Ubuntu.
#20: Worked for me. Thanks. (But Brother has stolen another hour of my
life.)
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I officially nominate Yousry as "Printer Ninja". The fix worked
perfectly. Thank you very much for the clear description. I'm also
going to email Brother to keep the pressure on them for driver support.
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Yousry Abdallah, thank you very much! Workaround ist good enough for
now.
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I used the contact form over at
https://secure6.brother.co.jp/LinuxContactUs/contact/Linuxform.html.
Maybe if they get enough letters, they'll update the debs faster.
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Here is a workaround for the problem:
HOWTO:
Patch brdcp7030lpr-2.0.2-1.i386.deb cupswrapperDCP7030-2.0.2-1.i386.deb for NN
Problem:
dpkg doesn't understand the the libc version 2.13-0ubuntu13 >= 2.3.4-1
Solution:
remove the libc dependency
Instructions:
Create a directory.
move the .deb
Last answer received yesterday evening from Brother Linux Support :
"Dear Brother Customer,
Sorry for any inconvenience you may have experienced.
Unfortunately we do not support beta2 environments
We hope this information will be useful to you. If we can be of further
assistance, please let us
I'm reporter of Bug 755458.
The annoying Brother printer driver situation gets a new quality with
Natty.
I don't understand why the dependency on libc6 (>= 2.3.4-1) is a problem
since 2.13-0ubuntu13 is installed :-(
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Epson's drivers are already available for auto-download. Client-side
support for binary driver package auto-download is available from Natty
on. If you connect a supported Epson inkjet to a Natty machine the
driver will be automatically downloaded via OpenPrinting.
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Other user has same problem : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source
/brother-lpr-drivers-laser/+bug/755458
Bug 755458 marked as duplicate of this one.
I also read that Epson will make drivers automatically available by download
with Avasys and Openprinting project, that's very good, I hope B
Scanner does not work, too. On Brother site, there are this time 64 bits
deb, updated in 2011 for brscan3, I install them, scanner is detected
but when I run Simple Scan, nothing happens...
All (printer + scanner) was working well on Ubuntu Maverick.
Regarding your experience, due to HPLIP softwa
Hello,
Finally, did someone from Brother come to the OpenPrinting Summit ?
Because now in Ubuntu Natty, even with the previous indications, it is
impossible to install Brother DCP 7030 as ther is a problem of
compatibility with libc6...
If I try the solution from Brother -
http://welcome.solutio
I got today an answer from Brother support, here is the copy of the mail
received :
"Dear Brother Customer,
Thank you for your inquiry. The Brother Linux FAQ’s for Linux related
issues are listed here:
http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/faq_prn.html#f00090
We hope th
Hi,
Thanks a lot again for your help and efforts to make Brother help to fix
this bug and provide better drivers for Linux and Openprinting foundation.
I hope it will be positive and they will answer to your invitation, have
an active participation, but if not we would have done our best to try
The Brother developers are also invited to the OpenPrinting Summit in
April, where I will also give a short tutorial about driver packaging.
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I succeeded to get the contacts to the developers of the the Brother
drivers via the PWG contacts. The developers told that they will
"investigate the documents and reply you some feedback in a few weeks".
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I have also sent the message of comment #3 to the Brother contacts known
at the PWG (Printing Working Group, http://www.pwg.org/).
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till@till:~/ubuntu/cups/bzr/debian-trunk/debian/local/filters/pdf-filters$
lpinfo -m | grep -i DCP-7025
openprinting-ppds:0/Brother/BR7025_2_GPL.ppd Brother DCP-7025 BR-Script3
foomatic-db-compressed-ppds:0/Brother-DCP-7025-Postscript.ppd Brother DCP-7025
Foomatic/Postscript
till@till:~/ubuntu/cu
** Summary changed:
- Brother's printer drivers awkward to find and install
+ Brother's printer/scanner drivers awkward to find and install
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Importance: Undecided => Medium
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