HOWTO: Ubuntu All Brother Printer & Scanner Driver Installation for Newbies!

BoardDWorld · 07:50 AM

Please note this is my first How-To, if there is an error please let me know. I have comprised this simply from how I went about doing it which worked perfectly. Printing tested in Firefox, Gimp & OpenOffice. Scanning tested in Xsane.

FIRST MAKE SURE YOUR SYSTEM HAS ALL UPDATES INSTALLED IF YOU HAVE A FRESH INSTALLATION OF UBUNTU.

64bit printing:
Works fine but with a little more fine tuning. HERE'S REFERENCE TO ALL PRINTERS INSTALLED SUCCESSFULLY ON UBUNTU 64BIT IN THIS THREAD: HERE, HERE and HERE

Printer:

I'm quite a newbie to Linux and I found it really easy to install my Printer with the help of the official Brother Linux Driver WEBSITE. The site is a little outdated but the installation still remains simple thanks to Ubuntu & not to forget Debian.

Step 1:
Open Terminal by selecting Applications ---- Terminal from the task bar.

Step 2:
Type or Copy & Paste the following into Terminal and press enter:

Code:

sudo apt-get install tcsh

Step 3: (don't know if it matters but I did it anyway)
From the task bar go to: System ---- Administration ---- Printing, select your printer that's not working then select edit and click delete.

Step 4:
Download the LPR Driver and CUPS Wrapper. Locate your model & download your "Debian" LPR printer driver from HERE.
Locate your model & download your "Debian" CUPS wrapper from HERE.

Step 5:
Now change to the directory where the drivers are. Presuming you downloaded the driver to your desktop Type or Copy & Paste the following into Terminal:

Code:

cd Desktop

Step 6:
Create the lpd directory. This is the first I have encountered this but in Hardy the directory had to be created. Skip this and move on to Step 7 if you're using Gutsy or below. In terminal Type or Copy & Paste the following command:

Code:

sudo mkdir /var/spool/lpd

Step 7:
Install the LPR Driver. In terminal Type or Copy & Paste the following command changing mfc210clpr-1.0.2-1.i386.deb to match the driver you've downloaded. The following line is for the MFC-210C which is also used for the following printers:
DCP-115C, DCP-117C, DCP-120C, DCP-315CN, DCP-340CW,MFC-215C, MFC-425CN, MFC-640CW, MFC-820CW

Code:

sudo dpkg -i --force-all mfc210clpr-1.0.2-1.i386.deb

Step 8:
Create the model directory. As with the lpd directory this is the first I have encountered this but in Hardy the directory had to be created. Skip this and move on to Step 9 if you're using Gutsy or below. In terminal Type or Copy & Paste the following command:

Code:

sudo mkdir /usr/share/cups/model

Step 9:
Now to install the CUPS wrapper driver. In terminal Type or Copy & Paste the following command changing cupswrapperMFC210C-1.0.2-3.i386.deb to match the driver you've downloaded.The following line is for the MFC-210C which is also used for the following printers:
DCP-115C, DCP-117C, DCP-120C, DCP-315CN, DCP-340CW,MFC-215C, MFC-425CN, MFC-640CW, MFC-820CW

Code:

sudo dpkg -i --force-all cupswrapperMFC210C-1.0.2-3.i386.deb

After the installation observe that there are no errors. Here are 2 examples of a successful and unsuccessful installation:

Successful:

Code:

matthew@matthew-laptop:~/Desktop$ sudo dpkg -i --force-all cupswrapperMFC210C-1.0.2-3.i386.deb
[sudo] password for matthew:
(Reading database ... 119742 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace cupswrappermfc210c 1.0.2-3 (using cupswrapperMFC210C-1.0.2-3.i386.deb) ...
 * Restarting Common Unix Printing System: cupsd                         [ OK ] 
Unpacking replacement cupswrappermfc210c ...
Setting up cupswrappermfc210c (1.0.2-3) ...
rm -f /usr/lib/cups/filter/brlpdwrapperMFC210C
 * Restarting Common Unix Printing System: cupsd                         [ OK ] 

matthew@matthew-laptop:~/Desktop$

Unsuccessful:

Code:

turner@turner-desktop:~/Desktop$ sudo dpkg -i --force-all cupswrapperMFC210C-1.0.2-3.i386.deb
[sudo] password for turner:
Selecting previously deselected package cupswrappermfc210c.
(Reading database ... 91832 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking cupswrappermfc210c (from cupswrapperMFC210C-1.0.2-3.i386.deb) ...
Setting up cupswrappermfc210c (1.0.2-3) ...
ERROR : Brother LPD filter is not installed.
rm -f /usr/lib/cups/filter/brlpdwrapperMFC210C
chmod: cannot access `/usr/local/Brother/inf/brMFC210Crc': No such file or directory
chmod: cannot access `/usr/local/Brother/inf': No such file or directory
 * Restarting Common Unix Printing System: cupsd                         [ OK ]

If your installation was successful please continue at Step 10. If it was unsuccessful please repeat the installation at the LPR Driver installation at Step 7. Copy the output(text from the install commands in the terminal) of both the LPR and CUPS driver installations and save them to a text document for future reference. As there have been reports of errors but the the printer still worked perfectly you may have no problem. Continue on with Step 10.

Step 10: (This is for Gutsy 64bit users only, 32bit users continue onto Step 11 )
If you're using the MFC-210C driver Type or Copy & Paste the following command in Terminal:

Code:

sudo cp /usr/lib/cups/filter/brlpdwrapperMFC210C /usr/lib64/cups/filter

If you're using another driver please adjust MFC210C to suit your model. Example for the MFC-3820CN driver:

Code:

sudo cp /usr/lib/cups/filter/brlpdwrapperMFC3820CN /usr/lib64/cups/filter

If you're not sure you can check by typing the following in Terminal:

Code:

cd /usr/lib/cups/filter
dir

Step 11:
From the task bar go to: System ---- Administration ---- Printing, select your printer and click Print Test Page. That's It!

Please note that adjusting printer settings for all applications takes place in this Printing Configuration menu by selecting your printer then selecting the tab Printer Options.

Not working?
Some printers might not configure themselves without a few more adjustments as follows:

After completing the driver installation open Firefox and enter the following into the address bar:

Code:

http://localhost:631

Click on “Manage Printers” and confirm that the driver name is listed there.

If the driver name is NOT listed there, click on "Add Printer" and install the driver following the on-screen instructions.

The default port is USB. If you want to use a different port, click on “Modify Printer” and select the required printer port.

Scanner:

Unfortunately the Sane Scanner Driver wasn't quite as straight forward to setup, however it will be a lot easier with these steps:

FIRST MAKE SURE YOUR SYSTEM HAS ALL UPDATES INSTALLED IF YOU HAVE A FRESH INSTALLATION OF UBUNTU.

Step 1:
Locate your model & download the appropriate "Debian" brscan or brscan2 driver from HERE. Please take note that there is a separate driver depending on whether you have a 32bit or 64bit Gutsy installed. Typically it will be 32bit.

Step 2:
Now change to the directory where the brscan or brscan2 driver has downloaded to. Presuming you downloaded the driver to your desktop Type or Copy & Paste the following into Terminal:

Code:

cd Desktop

Step 3:
For the brscan2 32bit driver which most will be using Install with the following command in Terminal:

Code:

sudo dpkg -i brscan2-0.2.4-0.i386.deb

Please note that if you don't use the 32bit brscan2 driver change the brscan2-0.2.4-0.i386.deb in the terminal command above according to your sane driver you've downloaded. Example: brscan2-0.2.4-0.amd64.deb

Step 4:
Confirm you need to continue on with the following steps, I believe it is only Gutsy that has problems. Simply open Xsane, choose you scanner and click OK. If you get an I/O-Error you will need to continue onto Step 5, if it's all working you're done!

Step 5:
Give yourself permission to use it! At time of release it's a Gutsy Quirk/Bug... First we need to find out the Vendor ID & Product ID for our scanner or printer/scanner combo. For anyone using the DCP-115C printer/scanner ignore this step as your ID's are the same as mine; Vendor ID: 04f9 Product ID: 018c.

Any other model type the following in Terminal:

Code:

lsusb

Your output will be something like this:

Code:

matthew@matthew-laptop:~/Desktop$ lsusb
Bus 005 Device 004: ID 05ca:1810 Ricoh Co., Ltd 
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 03f0:171d Hewlett-Packard 
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 062a:0000 Creative Labs Optical Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f9:018c Brother Industries, Ltd 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
matthew@matthew-laptop:~/Desktop$

Locate Brother Industries, Ltd and take note of your Vendor IDroduct ID as shown in bold in the above output and adjust Step 6 to match.

Step 6:
In Terminal type the following:

Ubuntu:

Code:

sudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/45-libsane.rules

Kubuntu:

Code:

sudo kate /etc/udev/rules.d/45-libsane.rules

At the bottom of the page but before LABEL="libsane_rules_end" add the following changing YOUR-VENOR-ID & YOUR- PRODUCT-ID to yours, both are 4 characters long:

Code:

# Brother DCP-115C
SYSFS{idVendor}=="YOUR-VENOR-ID", SYSFS{idProduct}=="YOUR-PRODUCT-ID", MODE="664", GROUP="scanner"

The last section of 45-libsane.rules should look like this after adding your scanner/printer to the last line:

Code:

SYSFS{idVendor}=="413c", SYSFS{idProduct}=="5105", MODE="664", GROUP="scanner"
# Dell A960
SYSFS{idVendor}=="413c", SYSFS{idProduct}=="5107", MODE="664", GROUP="scanner"
# Dell 922
SYSFS{idVendor}=="413c", SYSFS{idProduct}=="5109", MODE="664", GROUP="scanner"
# Dell 1600n
SYSFS{idVendor}=="413c", SYSFS{idProduct}=="5250", MODE="664", GROUP="scanner"
# Brother DCP-115C
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04f9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="018c", MODE="664", GROUP="scanner"

LABEL="libsane_rules_end"

Step 7:
Save your changes and restart your PC. All going well it will be working!

Search Aid:
DCP-7010, DCP-7020, DCP-7025, DCP-8060, DCP-8065DN, FAX-2820, FAX-2920, HL-2030, HL-2040, HL-2070N, HL-5240, HL-5250DN, HL-5270DN, HL-5280DW, MFC-7220, MFC-7225N, MFC-7420, MFC-7820N, MFC-8460N, MFC-8660DN, MFC-8860DN, MFC-8870DW, MFC-9420CN, HL-4040CN, HL-4050CDN, HL-4070CDW, MFC-9440CN, MFC-9840CDW, DCP-9040CN, DCP-9045CDN, DCP-130C, DCP-135C, DCP-150C, DCP-153C, DCP-330C, DCP-350C, DCP-353C, DCP-540CN, DCP-560CN, DCP-750CW, DCP-770CW, FAX-1860C, FAX-1960C, FAX-2480C, FAX-2580C, MFC-230C, MFC-235C, MFC-240C, MFC-260C, MFC-3360C, MFC-440CN, MFC-465CN, MFC-5460CN, MFC-5860CN, MFC-660CN, MFC-665CW, MFC-680CN, MFC-685CW, MFC-845CW, MFC-885CW, FAX1835C, FAX1840C, FAX1940CN, FAX2440C, MFC3240C, MFC3340CN, MFC5440CN, MFC5840CN, MFC210C, MFC410CN, MFC420CN,MFC620CN,DCP110C, DCP310CN, FAX1815C, FAX1820C, FAX1920CN, MFC3220C, MFC3320CN, MFC3420C, MFC3820CN

drejom

thanks for ya post - got the scanner working no probs, but on amd64 gutsy, my cups error log is full of:

Code:

E [28/Oct/2007:23:48:11 +1100] CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer: Unauthorized
E [28/Oct/2007:23:48:52 +1100] cupsdAuthorize: Local authentication certificate not found!
E [28/Oct/2007:23:48:52 +1100] cupsdAuthorize: Local authentication certificate not found!
E [28/Oct/2007:23:48:52 +1100] cupsdAuthorize: Local authentication certificate not found!
E [28/Oct/2007:23:48:57 +1100] [cups-driverd] Unable to open PPD directory "/opt/share/ppd": No such file or directory
E [28/Oct/2007:23:49:05 +1100] cupsdAuthorize: Local authentication certificate not found!
E [28/Oct/2007:23:49:07 +1100] cupsdAuthorize: Local authentication certificate not found!
E [28/Oct/2007:23:49:07 +1100] CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer: Unauthorized
E [28/Oct/2007:23:49:07 +1100] Filter "brlpdwrapperMFC210C" for printer "MFC-210C" not available: No such file or directory
E [28/Oct/2007:23:49:07 +1100] Filter "brlpdwrapperMFC210C" for printer "MFC-210C" not available: No such file or directory
E [28/Oct/2007:23:49:07 +1100] Filter "brlpdwrapperMFC210C" for printer "MFC-210C" not available: No such file or directory
E [28/Oct/2007:23:49:40 +1100] Filter "brlpdwrapperMFC210C" for printer "MFC-210C" not available: No such file or directory
E [28/Oct/2007:23:52:40 +1100] CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer: Unauthorized
E [28/Oct/2007:23:53:28 +1100] cupsdAuthorize: Local authentication certificate not found!
E [28/Oct/2007:23:53:32 +1100] cupsdAuthorize: Local authentication certificate not found!

I've tried copying the brlpdwrapper to /usr/lib64(etc), reinstalling cups, reinstalling the cupswrapper.deb all to no avail!
any help appreciated!

BoardDWorld

Hello drejom,

Did you use "--force-all" when installing the driver?

drejom

BoardDWorld

Just been having a read, apparently there's no "official" support for AMD64 but try this:

Code:

sudo cp /usr/lib/cups/filter/brlpdwrapperMFC210C /usr/lib64/cups/filter

Please let me know if this works as I will update my guide.

drejom

yup tried that too - but no joy.
in the meantime, i've totally screwed my system by tinkering about with other things. I'm going to do a fresh install tonight - i'll try your howto again first thing, and see how it goes.
thanks again...

BoardDWorld

Haha, I haven't managed to do that with Ubuntu yet, but I have done that twice with SUSE 10. (my first Linux experience)

I have added the 64bit how-to into the installation steps at Step 7. This being said I'm not able to personally test it as I'm running on 32bit.

drejom

thanks to you both - but still no luck... i'll check the FAQ later (mine's a particularly problematic amd64)

TURNER

Worked a treat for my Brother DCP 115, many thanks for taking the time to write a great how to!

BoardDWorld · 08:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mp035

Hi BoardWorld,

Great How-To! It will help many users pick up Ubuntu.

I have a couple of steps that are required for most brother printers, that are not in your how-to,

Step 3A (these steps need to happen before installing the cupswrapper driver)
go to http://solutions.brother.com/linux/s...r_drivers.html and get the brother lpr driver for Debian. The lpr driver proivides the actual printer functionality, the cupswrapper then provides the "glue" to make it work with CUPS.

Step 3B Install the lpr driver BEFORE the cupswrapper driver.

Code:

 sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture mfc210clpr-1.0.2-1.i386.deb

the force-architecture switch is used to force the 64 bit systems to accept the driver.

Any problems, visit the FAQ at http://solutions.brother.com/linux/s...nux_faq-2.html

I hope this helps someone.

Again BoardWorld, top job in puting together this how-to!!

Yes the LPR is required for older versions of Ubuntu. This guide is for Gutsy 7.10 and above that do not require the LPR, this being the reason why is not included. Did you not follow my HowTo?

If you also noticed I said the brother site was a little out of date, not needing the LPR is what I was referring to mostly. Please remove your post.

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BoardDWorld Gee! These Aren't Roasted! Join Date: Jul 2007 Beans: 171 Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron	HOWTO: Ubuntu All Brother Printer & Scanner Driver Installation for Newbies! Please note this is my first How-To, if there is an error please let me know. I have comprised this simply from how I went about doing it which worked perfectly. Printing tested in Firefox, Gimp & OpenOffice. Scanning tested in Xsane. FIRST MAKE SURE YOUR SYSTEM HAS ALL UPDATES INSTALLED IF YOU HAVE A FRESH INSTALLATION OF UBUNTU. 64bit printing: Works fine but with a little more fine tuning. HERE'S REFERENCE TO ALL PRINTERS INSTALLED SUCCESSFULLY ON UBUNTU 64BIT IN THIS THREAD: HERE, HERE and HERE Printer: I'm quite a newbie to Linux and I found it really easy to install my Printer with the help of the official Brother Linux Driver WEBSITE. The site is a little outdated but the installation still remains simple thanks to Ubuntu & not to forget Debian. Step 1: Open Terminal by selecting Applications ---- Terminal from the task bar. Step 2: Type or Copy & Paste the following into Terminal and press enter: Code: sudo apt-get install tcsh Step 3: (don't know if it matters but I did it anyway) From the task bar go to: System ---- Administration ---- Printing, select your printer that's not working then select edit and click delete. Step 4: Download the LPR Driver and CUPS Wrapper. Locate your model & download your "Debian" LPR printer driver from HERE. Locate your model & download your "Debian" CUPS wrapper from HERE. Step 5: Now change to the directory where the drivers are. Presuming you downloaded the driver to your desktop Type or Copy & Paste the following into Terminal: Code: cd Desktop Step 6: Create the lpd directory. This is the first I have encountered this but in Hardy the directory had to be created. Skip this and move on to Step 7 if you're using Gutsy or below. In terminal Type or Copy & Paste the following command: Code: sudo mkdir /var/spool/lpd Step 7: Install the LPR Driver. In terminal Type or Copy & Paste the following command changing mfc210clpr-1.0.2-1.i386.deb to match the driver you've downloaded. The following line is for the MFC-210C which is also used for the following printers: DCP-115C, DCP-117C, DCP-120C, DCP-315CN, DCP-340CW,MFC-215C, MFC-425CN, MFC-640CW, MFC-820CW Code: sudo dpkg -i --force-all mfc210clpr-1.0.2-1.i386.deb Step 8: Create the model directory. As with the lpd directory this is the first I have encountered this but in Hardy the directory had to be created. Skip this and move on to Step 9 if you're using Gutsy or below. In terminal Type or Copy & Paste the following command: Code: sudo mkdir /usr/share/cups/model Step 9: Now to install the CUPS wrapper driver. In terminal Type or Copy & Paste the following command changing cupswrapperMFC210C-1.0.2-3.i386.deb to match the driver you've downloaded.The following line is for the MFC-210C which is also used for the following printers: DCP-115C, DCP-117C, DCP-120C, DCP-315CN, DCP-340CW,MFC-215C, MFC-425CN, MFC-640CW, MFC-820CW Code: sudo dpkg -i --force-all cupswrapperMFC210C-1.0.2-3.i386.deb After the installation observe that there are no errors. Here are 2 examples of a successful and unsuccessful installation: Successful: Code: matthew@matthew-laptop:~/Desktop$ sudo dpkg -i --force-all cupswrapperMFC210C-1.0.2-3.i386.deb [sudo] password for matthew: (Reading database ... 119742 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace cupswrappermfc210c 1.0.2-3 (using cupswrapperMFC210C-1.0.2-3.i386.deb) ... * Restarting Common Unix Printing System: cupsd [ OK ] Unpacking replacement cupswrappermfc210c ... Setting up cupswrappermfc210c (1.0.2-3) ... rm -f /usr/lib/cups/filter/brlpdwrapperMFC210C * Restarting Common Unix Printing System: cupsd [ OK ] matthew@matthew-laptop:~/Desktop$ Unsuccessful: Code: turner@turner-desktop:~/Desktop$ sudo dpkg -i --force-all cupswrapperMFC210C-1.0.2-3.i386.deb [sudo] password for turner: Selecting previously deselected package cupswrappermfc210c. (Reading database ... 91832 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking cupswrappermfc210c (from cupswrapperMFC210C-1.0.2-3.i386.deb) ... Setting up cupswrappermfc210c (1.0.2-3) ... ERROR : Brother LPD filter is not installed. rm -f /usr/lib/cups/filter/brlpdwrapperMFC210C chmod: cannot access `/usr/local/Brother/inf/brMFC210Crc': No such file or directory chmod: cannot access `/usr/local/Brother/inf': No such file or directory * Restarting Common Unix Printing System: cupsd [ OK ] If your installation was successful please continue at Step 10. If it was unsuccessful please repeat the installation at the LPR Driver installation at Step 7. Copy the output(text from the install commands in the terminal) of both the LPR and CUPS driver installations and save them to a text document for future reference. As there have been reports of errors but the the printer still worked perfectly you may have no problem. Continue on with Step 10. Step 10: (This is for Gutsy 64bit users only, 32bit users continue onto Step 11 ) If you're using the MFC-210C driver Type or Copy & Paste the following command in Terminal: Code: sudo cp /usr/lib/cups/filter/brlpdwrapperMFC210C /usr/lib64/cups/filter If you're using another driver please adjust MFC210C to suit your model. Example for the MFC-3820CN driver: Code: sudo cp /usr/lib/cups/filter/brlpdwrapperMFC3820CN /usr/lib64/cups/filter If you're not sure you can check by typing the following in Terminal: Code: cd /usr/lib/cups/filter dir Step 11: From the task bar go to: System ---- Administration ---- Printing, select your printer and click Print Test Page. That's It! Please note that adjusting printer settings for all applications takes place in this Printing Configuration menu by selecting your printer then selecting the tab Printer Options. Not working? Some printers might not configure themselves without a few more adjustments as follows: After completing the driver installation open Firefox and enter the following into the address bar: Code: http://localhost:631 Click on “Manage Printers” and confirm that the driver name is listed there. If the driver name is NOT listed there, click on "Add Printer" and install the driver following the on-screen instructions. The default port is USB. If you want to use a different port, click on “Modify Printer” and select the required printer port. Scanner: Unfortunately the Sane Scanner Driver wasn't quite as straight forward to setup, however it will be a lot easier with these steps: FIRST MAKE SURE YOUR SYSTEM HAS ALL UPDATES INSTALLED IF YOU HAVE A FRESH INSTALLATION OF UBUNTU. Step 1: Locate your model & download the appropriate "Debian" brscan or brscan2 driver from HERE. Please take note that there is a separate driver depending on whether you have a 32bit or 64bit Gutsy installed. Typically it will be 32bit. Step 2: Now change to the directory where the brscan or brscan2 driver has downloaded to. Presuming you downloaded the driver to your desktop Type or Copy & Paste the following into Terminal: Code: cd Desktop Step 3: For the brscan2 32bit driver which most will be using Install with the following command in Terminal: Code: sudo dpkg -i brscan2-0.2.4-0.i386.deb Please note that if you don't use the 32bit brscan2 driver change the brscan2-0.2.4-0.i386.deb in the terminal command above according to your sane driver you've downloaded. Example: brscan2-0.2.4-0.amd64.deb Step 4: Confirm you need to continue on with the following steps, I believe it is only Gutsy that has problems. Simply open Xsane, choose you scanner and click OK. If you get an I/O-Error you will need to continue onto Step 5, if it's all working you're done! Step 5: Give yourself permission to use it! At time of release it's a Gutsy Quirk/Bug... First we need to find out the Vendor ID & Product ID for our scanner or printer/scanner combo. For anyone using the DCP-115C printer/scanner ignore this step as your ID's are the same as mine; Vendor ID: 04f9 Product ID: 018c. Any other model type the following in Terminal: Code: lsusb Your output will be something like this: Code: matthew@matthew-laptop:~/Desktop$ lsusb Bus 005 Device 004: ID 05ca:1810 Ricoh Co., Ltd Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 003 Device 002: ID 03f0:171d Hewlett-Packard Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 002 Device 003: ID 062a:0000 Creative Labs Optical Mouse Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04f9:018c Brother Industries, Ltd Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 matthew@matthew-laptop:~/Desktop$ Locate Brother Industries, Ltd and take note of your Vendor IDroduct ID as shown in bold in the above output and adjust Step 6 to match. Step 6: In Terminal type the following: Ubuntu: Code: sudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/45-libsane.rules Kubuntu: Code: sudo kate /etc/udev/rules.d/45-libsane.rules At the bottom of the page but before LABEL="libsane_rules_end" add the following changing YOUR-VENOR-ID & YOUR- PRODUCT-ID to yours, both are 4 characters long: Code: # Brother DCP-115C SYSFS{idVendor}=="YOUR-VENOR-ID", SYSFS{idProduct}=="YOUR-PRODUCT-ID", MODE="664", GROUP="scanner" The last section of 45-libsane.rules should look like this after adding your scanner/printer to the last line: Code: SYSFS{idVendor}=="413c", SYSFS{idProduct}=="5105", MODE="664", GROUP="scanner" # Dell A960 SYSFS{idVendor}=="413c", SYSFS{idProduct}=="5107", MODE="664", GROUP="scanner" # Dell 922 SYSFS{idVendor}=="413c", SYSFS{idProduct}=="5109", MODE="664", GROUP="scanner" # Dell 1600n SYSFS{idVendor}=="413c", SYSFS{idProduct}=="5250", MODE="664", GROUP="scanner" # Brother DCP-115C SYSFS{idVendor}=="04f9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="018c", MODE="664", GROUP="scanner" LABEL="libsane_rules_end" Step 7: Save your changes and restart your PC. All going well it will be working! Search Aid: DCP-7010, DCP-7020, DCP-7025, DCP-8060, DCP-8065DN, FAX-2820, FAX-2920, HL-2030, HL-2040, HL-2070N, HL-5240, HL-5250DN, HL-5270DN, HL-5280DW, MFC-7220, MFC-7225N, MFC-7420, MFC-7820N, MFC-8460N, MFC-8660DN, MFC-8860DN, MFC-8870DW, MFC-9420CN, HL-4040CN, HL-4050CDN, HL-4070CDW, MFC-9440CN, MFC-9840CDW, DCP-9040CN, DCP-9045CDN, DCP-130C, DCP-135C, DCP-150C, DCP-153C, DCP-330C, DCP-350C, DCP-353C, DCP-540CN, DCP-560CN, DCP-750CW, DCP-770CW, FAX-1860C, FAX-1960C, FAX-2480C, FAX-2580C, MFC-230C, MFC-235C, MFC-240C, MFC-260C, MFC-3360C, MFC-440CN, MFC-465CN, MFC-5460CN, MFC-5860CN, MFC-660CN, MFC-665CW, MFC-680CN, MFC-685CW, MFC-845CW, MFC-885CW, FAX1835C, FAX1840C, FAX1940CN, FAX2440C, MFC3240C, MFC3340CN, MFC5440CN, MFC5840CN, MFC210C, MFC410CN, MFC420CN,MFC620CN,DCP110C, DCP310CN, FAX1815C, FAX1820C, FAX1920CN, MFC3220C, MFC3320CN, MFC3420C, MFC3820CN __________________ OS: All Hardy! System: HP DV9224TX Laptop CPU: Core2Duo T5600 1.82GHz / RAM: 2048MB DDR2 667MHz HD: 240GB SATA (2x 120GB) / VGA: nVidia Gforce 7600 1024MB (512 Dedicated/512 Shared) Last edited by BoardDWorld; July 30th, 2008 at 07:50 AM..

October 28th, 2007	#3
BoardDWorld Gee! These Aren't Roasted! Join Date: Jul 2007 Beans: 171 Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron	Re: HOWTO: Gutsy 7.10 All Brother Printer Scanner Driver Installation for Newbies! Hello drejom, Did you use "--force-all" when installing the driver? __________________ OS: All Hardy! System: HP DV9224TX Laptop CPU: Core2Duo T5600 1.82GHz / RAM: 2048MB DDR2 667MHz HD: 240GB SATA (2x 120GB) / VGA: nVidia Gforce 7600 1024MB (512 Dedicated/512 Shared)

October 28th, 2007	#4
drejom First Cup of Ubuntu Join Date: Jun 2006 Beans: 9	Re: HOWTO: Gutsy 7.10 All Brother Printer Scanner Driver Installation for Newbies! yup!

October 28th, 2007	#5
BoardDWorld Gee! These Aren't Roasted! Join Date: Jul 2007 Beans: 171 Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron	Re: HOWTO: Gutsy 7.10 All Brother Printer Scanner Driver Installation for Newbies! Just been having a read, apparently there's no "official" support for AMD64 but try this: Code: sudo cp /usr/lib/cups/filter/brlpdwrapperMFC210C /usr/lib64/cups/filter Please let me know if this works as I will update my guide. __________________ OS: All Hardy! System: HP DV9224TX Laptop CPU: Core2Duo T5600 1.82GHz / RAM: 2048MB DDR2 667MHz HD: 240GB SATA (2x 120GB) / VGA: nVidia Gforce 7600 1024MB (512 Dedicated/512 Shared)

October 29th, 2007	#6
drejom First Cup of Ubuntu Join Date: Jun 2006 Beans: 9	Re: HOWTO: Gutsy 7.10 All Brother Printer Scanner Driver Installation for Newbies! yup tried that too - but no joy. in the meantime, i've totally screwed my system by tinkering about with other things. I'm going to do a fresh install tonight - i'll try your howto again first thing, and see how it goes. thanks again...

October 30th, 2007	#8
drejom First Cup of Ubuntu Join Date: Jun 2006 Beans: 9	Re: HOWTO: Gutsy 7.10 All Brother Printer Scanner Driver Installation for Newbies! thanks to you both - but still no luck... i'll check the FAQ later (mine's a particularly problematic amd64)

October 30th, 2007	#9
TURNER A Carafe of Ubuntu Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Germany (English ex pat) Beans: 118 Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn	Re: HOWTO: Gutsy 7.10 All Brother Printer Scanner Driver Installation for Newbies! Worked a treat for my Brother DCP 115, many thanks for taking the time to write a great how to!

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