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

[jack188]

hi all ubuntu it's great!!!!
sorry but i've a problem with this tutorial and my Brother DCP-115 and 'im on a amd64 bit
when i get this command

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

jack@Panzer-Faust:~$ cd Scrivania
jack@Panzer-Faust:~/Scrivania$ sudo dpkg -i --force-all mfc210clpr-1.0.2-1.i386.deb
dpkg - attenzione, ignoro il seguente problema perché si è usata --force:
 il pacchetto è per una architettura (i386) diversa da quella del sistema (amd64)
(Lettura del database ... 119404 file e directory attualmente installati.)
Mi preparo a sostituire mfc210clpr 1.0.2-1 (con mfc210clpr-1.0.2-1.i386.deb) ...
Spacchetto il sostituto di mfc210clpr ...
Configuro mfc210clpr (1.0.2-1) ...
mkdir: impossibile creare la directory `/var/spool/lpd/MFC210C': Nessun file o directory
chown: impossibile accedere a `/var/spool/lpd/MFC210C': Nessun file o directory
chgrp: impossibile accedere a `/var/spool/lpd/MFC210C': Nessun file o directory
chmod: impossibile accedere a `/var/spool/lpd/MFC210C': Nessun file o directory
ln: creazione del link simbolico `/usr/lib/libbrcompij2.so.1.0' a `/usr/lib/libbrcompij2.so.1.0.2': Il file esiste
ln: creazione del link simbolico `/usr/lib/libbrcompij2.so.1' a `/usr/lib/libbrcompij2.so.1.0.2': Il file esiste
ln: creazione del link simbolico `/usr/lib/libbrcompij2.so' a `/usr/lib/libbrcompij2.so.1.0.2': Il file esiste

sorry for my english because i'm only 14...

[Kevin Funnell]

G'Day All,
In my post #126 Quote: "The only problem I have is if I press the Scan button and try to scan to a file option, the Brother's Control Panel displays a message "Connecting to PC" but nothing happens, it appears to clear the message after a few minutes." With the help from Brother Solutions Center Japan I can now scan any document using the Scan Button or Xzane.
I had to send Brother Solutions Cente the "brscan-skey --diagnosis" from this they told me that "Scanimage is not installed. Since Scanimage is contained in sane-utils in Ubuntu, please install it." (the Japanese are so polite).
Also there are new drivers for a lot of their newer DCP printer/scanners, installing the new version may help those that are having minor problems with their printer/scanner functions. Old Kevin
.

[Doorslammer]

probem with scan /xsane
followed brothers site

Devices on network
  0 SCANNER1            "MFC-5440CN"        N:BRN_ABA9E7

using the node name because my printer is networked
when I open xsane is scans for devise then nothing happens , the xsane program never opens up .
should I have left the node name as BRN_XXXX or input like I did the real name
using kubuntu 7.10
my printer works fine been working fine for a long time just wanted to *** the scanner

never mind
deleted /usr/local/Brother/sane/brsanenetdevice2.cfg file
got it to work by using the ip instead of the node name
sudo brsaneconfig2 -a name=SCANNER1 model=MFC-5440CN ip=192.168.001.100

[galleonway]

Step 6:
In Terminal type the following:

Ubuntu Code:

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


Could someone please advise how to modify this for Hardy? I'm stuck.

[galleonway]

How would I get my Brother MFC scanner working in Hardy?

[galleonway]

This is the content of //usr/local/Brother/sane/models2 in Hardy. My model isn't listed. Is that why the scanner doesn't work?

[Support Model]

0x01c9, 16,2,"DCP-9040CN"
0x01ca, 16,1,"MFC-9440CN"
0x01cb, 116,2,"DCP-9045CDN"
0x01cc, 116,1,"MFC-9840CDW"
0x01ec, 116,1,"MFC-9640CW"



0x01e4, 10,2,"DCP-357C"
0x01e3, 10,2,"DCP-353C"
0x01e2, 10,2,"DCP-157C"
0x01e1, 10,2,"DCP-153C"
0x01e0, 12,1,"MFC-265C"
0x01df, 10,2,"DCP-155C"
0x01de, 12,1,"MFC-880CDN"
0x01dd, 10,1,"MFC-870CDN"
0x01dc, 10,1,"MFC-650CD"
0x01db, 12,1,"MFC-480CN"
0x01da, 12,1,"MFC-885CW"
0x01d9, 12,1,"MFC-685CW"
0x01d8, 12,1,"MFC-680CN"
0x01d7, 12,1,"MFC-465CN"
0x01d6, 12,1,"MFC-260C"
0x01d5, 10,1,"MFC-235C"
0x01d4, 10,1,"MFC-230C"
0x01d3, 10,2,"DCP-770CN"
0x01d2, 10,2,"DCP-770CW"
0x01d1, 12,2,"DCP-560CN"
0x01d0, 10,2,"DCP-350C"
0x01cf, 10,2,"DCP-150C"
0x01ce, 10,2,"DCP-135C"

[darrenleeweber]

Ok after much pain I have my MFC-5840CN working in Gutsy amd64. The instructions went fine except it wouldnt print anything. So i edited cupsd.conf and put in LogLevel debug and watched the /var/log/cups/error_log after trying to print a test page and I was getting an error about one of the libraries weren't able to be loaded..... so here is what I had to do

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libbrcompij2.so.1.0.2 /usr/lib32/libbrcompij2.so.1

apparently it was expecting the library in /usr/lib32 instead of /usr/lib

Scanner installation went just fine.

I hope this can help someone else.

This may be just one file among many that require symbolic links for amd64. See this Brother web page for details:

http://solutions.brother.com/linux/s...faq-2.html#142

[darrenleeweber]

Brother HL-4040CN series on Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10 amd64

sudo -i
aptitude install lpr
mkdir /var/spool/lpd
dpkg -i --force-all --force-architecture hl4040cnlpr-1.0.0-7.i386.deb
dpkg -i --force-all --force-architecture hl4040cncups-1.0.0-7.i386.deb

This installed into
/usr/local/Brother/Printer/hl4040cn/

The CUPS web admin, http://localhost:631/printers/
shows that I have a problem with access to a filter:

"Filter "/usr/local/Brother/Printer/hl4040cn/cupswrapper/brlpdwrapper_hl4040cn" for printer "HL4040CN" not available: Permission denied"

I've checked all the file path and file permissions, they seem fine to me (everyone read/execute), eg:

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 18160 2007-08-23 10:51 brcupsconfcl1
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  4529 2007-08-23 10:51 brlpdwrapper_hl4040cn
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  2265 2007-08-23 10:51 cupswrapperSetup_hl4040cn

Turns out there is a specific how-to about this issue here:
http://www.schmut.com/howto/hl-4040-cn-on-kubuntu-gutsy

Please add this link to the top of this how-to.

[MichaelSM]

Thank you very much BoardDWorld.

I'd already done the DCP-115C printer and scanner installs with the downloads from Brother. Printer fine, scanner no go.

So I simply copied the line:

# Brother DCP-115C
SYSFS{idVendor}=="04f9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="018c", MODE="664", GROUP="scanner"

into /etc/udev/rules.d/45-libsane.rules restarted, and perfect result!

Can't get better than that, can we!?

Excellent how-to.

Thanks again,

Michael.

PS. This is on a Gutsy box. I haven't changed my personal description becos my main box is still Feisty. OK?

PPS. The advice also worked perfectly with a Brother MFC-3240C install on Ubuntu Ultimate (Kubuntu) Just a matter of "lsusb" and entering the model name and ids into the sane library.

Absolutely fantastic fix for a silly problem.

[avtolle]

Thank you very much, BoardDWorld. Used your how to to install Brother MFC240C on Hardy Beta AMD-64. Printer and scanner are working (that's all I need for now). Two modifications to the how-to:

1) Under Hardy, need to do:

sudo mkdir /usr/share/cups/model

as Hardy does not create this directory. I did this before step 7, as the FAQ at the Brother Web Site indicated this would be needed.

2) Under Hardy amd-64, no need to perform step 8.

The scanner driver for 64 bit brscan2, Debian, worked on installation.

Again, thanks.