I've rebooted and reinstalled the drivers from Ubuntu repositories - nothing. Below as you requested.
timothy@tim-workstation~ $ sudo ls -l /dev/usb/*/* [sudo] password for timothy: ls: cannot access /dev/usb/*/*: No such file or directory timothy@tim-workstation~ $ sudo /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb DEBUG: list_devices DEBUG: usb_find_busses=7 DEBUG: usb_find_devices=14 timothy@tim-workstation~ $ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/883169 Title: Brother MFC-8840D usb printer not detected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/883169/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs