Brother DCP-7065 DN how do I install it?

[aNovitiate]

that's very kind of you aNovitiate: delighted it is all working for you ... you have the hardware and do the hard work on your computer so your learning is really helpful for all........ I must bookmark what worked for you.

Enjoy!

............oh.......if you can mark the thread SOLVED....the moderators like that.........only you can do it ..........

Unless I misunderstand, the original poster already marked the thread 'Solved'. I looked up and down and so no way for me to makr the thread 'Solved'.

I was very careful in writing up my findings - so that all others might benefit.

Many Thanks again.

[pdc]

you're right again! You didn't initiate the thread.......but it should have all that is needed in it now to solve for all

[aNovitiate]

It would be neat (i.e. a LOT easier), if one could specify a network (ethernet) scanner IP from Simple Scan (Document | Preferences) or xSane, rather than having to remember (look up) to specify the ethernet scanner location via a terminal command, like:
brsaneconfig4 -a name=DCP-7065DN model=DCP7065DN ip=192.168.1.201

For instance, a little Simple Scan Document | Preferences dialog box, asking for:

• name:
• model:
• IP:

It seems like the primary purpose of the brsaneconfigX command is to specify the scanner ethernet IP address, as the drivers are/were already installed and network capable, except that they couldn't locate the scanner (IP).

[pdc]

well here is the contact at xsane

http://www.xsane.org/xsane-contact.html

and here is the team that look after Simple Scan

https://launchpad.net/~elementary-si...can-maintainer

much of linux is organic; ......it happens because folks do things....

.......contact these folks...........report back when you get some results..

[vap1485]

Greetings. I'm on 12.04 and I went through this process, installed the correct drivers and the scanner program does recognize my DCP7065DN When I hit scan it tells me

"Failed to scan
Unable to start scan"

Any idea what's happening?


dpkg -l | grep Brother
ii brother-udev-rule-type1 1.0.0-1 Brother udev rule type 1
ii brscan-skey 0.2.4-1 Brother Linux scanner S-KEY tool
ii brscan4 0.4.1-6 Brother Scanner Driver
ii cupswrapperdcp110c:i386 1.0.2-3 Brother DCP110C CUPS wrapper driver
ii cupswrapperdcp7065dn:i386 2.0.4-2 Brother DCP7065DN CUPS wrapper driver
ii dcp110clpr:i386 1.0.2-1 Brother lpr Inkjet Printer Definitions
ii dcp7065dnlpr:i386 2.1.0-1 Brother DCP-7065DN LPR driver
ii printer-driver-ptouch 1.3-3ubuntu0.1 printer driver Brother P-touch label printers

XSANE says
"Failed to start scanner: Invalid argument"

[fscacl]

Thank you, aNovitiate. Your instructions were clear, helpful, and just excellent!

I would add two things, though.

One, for me, while the LPR .deb file worked exactly as you described, I could not get the CUPS driver to install via the Software Center. For some reason, it never completed installing. I had to install it manually, using the Brother CLI instructions as follow:

dpkg -i --force-all (cupswrapper-drivername)

For me that was as follows:
dpkg -i --force-all cupswrapperDCP7065DN-2.0.4-2.i386.deb

Second, when I re-added the printer, under the connections section, I opted for the “LPN Network Printer DNS-SD.” I am not certain that was the best choice, but it works for me. If there was a smarter option, please feel encouraged to let me know.

Again, thank you for taking the time to document your procedure.

... some, hopefully, helpful clarifications:

When I first discovered the Brother DCP7065 Linux drivers page:
http://http://welcome.solutions.brot...tml#DCP-7065DN
I was unsure as to whether to use the CUPS or LPR driver. I thought that only the CUPS driver was necessary ... and experienced the same as the first post i.e. the printer lit up but didn't print.

When I downloaded and installed the second (LPR) driver ... and re-ADD'd the printer, it printed the Test Page. Yea !

btw, all I had to do to install each of those drivers was:

• double-click on the downloaded .deb file
• which opened the Ubuntu Software Center
• which, after maybe 5 seconds, provided the "Install" button (top-right) ...

During that install, it pops a dialog box, saying "The Package is of bad quality" etc. However, it offers a 'Ignore and Install' button, which I clicked ... and the install completed, just fine. I figured it was 'ok' to 'Ignore and Install', since those .deb's were posted by Brother.

My DCP-7065DN is installed via an ethernet connection, rather than just USB. Nevertheless, the twin CUPS/LPR drivers worked just fine, thank you very much.

I deleted my previous DCP-7065DN printer in "Printers" ... and re-added it.

Wait ~10 seconds after clicking "Add ..." before clicking "> Network Printer" (left-column) - to give it a chance to 'see' your DCP-7065DN and its IP address.

"Add ... printer" recognized a "Brother" printer and displayed the models list box. The newly-added (driver) DCP-7065DN choice was at the top of the list. Before adding the LPR driver (i.e. with only the CUPS driver) the DCP-7065DN choice was not labeled "recommended". After adding the LPR driver, the DCP-7065DN choice was labeled "recommended" ... and the ensuing "Test Page" print worked. Yabadabadoo !

[foresto]

I was trying to get a Brother DCP-7065DN working via USB on a 64-bit Ubuntu 13.10 (saucy) system, and didn't have any luck with the above instructions. The scanner simply was not found when I used the drivers that Brother links from their product page:

http://welcome.solutions.brother.com...s=128&type2=-1

Eventually, I came across this other page, which has 64-bit packages:

http://welcome.solutions.brother.com...n.html#brscan4

I purged the i386 scanner packages and installed the 64-bit brscan4 and scan-key-tool debs. I might have rebooted after that (I don't remember for sure) but I don't think so. The scanner was then detected and worked just fine.

Why Brother pushes their 32-bit drivers (even to the point of telling users to manually install 32-bit support libraries) on 64-bit systems is beyond me.

[kurt18947]

I agree with you. To my knowledge, there are no 64 bit printer drivers but there are 64 bit scanner drivers. It's all rather a mish-mash and Brother rather clearly expects users to install from the command line. They have released a new installer script - 2.0.0.5 I think - that installs printer and scanner drivers. The installer script doesn't fix the two issues related to the "scanner not found" type error messages to my knowledge though. I think I understand why Brother prefers the command line install, one set of instructions covers most distros & desktops. It can be a little intimidating to beginners though.

[izquierdista]

Ironically Im the original poster of this thread and now when I upgraded to Ubuntu 14.04 I went ahead and did the following:

I went to this link: http://support.brother.com/g/b/downl...5dn_all&os=128

1) Installed the Driver Install tool

the printer worked but the scanner DID NOT

so I went ahead and installed the:
2) Scan-key-tool 64bit (deb package)

and I can load up xsane but when I press "scan" I get a message saying "Invalid Argument"

I tried using the program gscan and I get the same "Invalid Argument" message

Edit: Xsane doesnt work no matter how many times I press scan
Gscan works but I have to press "scan" twice the first time the "Invalid argument" appears the second time it scans fine!!


what can I do to resolve this???

[kurt18947]

I believe you're using a USB connection? If so, you need to do two steps. The first is here:

http://support.brother.com/g/s/id/li...rect=on#f00101

The second is here:

http://support.brother.com/g/s/id/li...&redirect=on#6

I have Brother MFDs installed on a couple 14.04 gnome installs and as long as I make the above changes everything works. On that same FAQ page are questions about scan-key. I have little experience with scan-key so am of no help there.