Brother MFC-255cw jaunty setup

[bijanafx]

How I setup my Brother MFC-255cw printer/scanner in Jaunty. I could not find these instructions elsewhere, so maybe this will help someone.

PRINTING/
Download the latest driver from: http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/
direct link: http://solutions.brother.com/linux/e...html#MFC-255CW

You will need both the LPR & cupswrapper drivers. Install the LPR driver first.

Note that since only the 32-bit driver is available, use the --force-architecture option for 64-bit systems.

sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture pkg.deb

SCANNING/
Download latest driver from: http://solutions.brother.com/linux/e...nload_scn.html

Turn off the scanner, and install sane, xsane, libsane, libsane-extras and sane-utils.

sudo aptitude install sane xsane libsane libsane-extras sane-utils

You need the brscan3 driver and scan-key-tool (at the bottom of the page of the link above).

Note that the MFC-255cw is not listed as supported with brscan3. You will use the MFC-250c settings instead. I have not had any problems using them so far.

Install the brscan3 driver and scan-key-tool debs.

Turn the scanner back on, and configure brsane (mine was connected to my wireless router):

brsaneconfig3  -a  name=(name  your  device)  model=(model  name)  ip=xx.xx.xx.xx

brsaneconfig3  -a  name=MFC-255cw  model=MFC-250C  ip=192.168.1.124

Also (I am not sure if this is necessary), you may need to set user permissions for the device:

sudo gedit /lib/udev/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules

And change the following line:

# libusb device nodes
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device", NAME="bus/usb/$env{BUSNUM}/$env{DEVNUM}", MODE="0664"

to:

# libusb device nodes
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device", NAME="bus/usb/$env{BUSNUM}/$env{DEVNUM}", MODE="0666"

[dethmeggle]

Just so you know, you're awesome. Thanks for putting these up. You've helped me out a lot.

I do have one question, tho. The scanner won't connect to the PC. Do you know off the top of your head what I might be able to do to fix that? I'm running 8.04, but that didn't seem to make a difference with regard to the rest of the setup.

Thanks again. You rock out loud.

[bijanafx]

What do you mean by that? The scanner won't connect? So, the printer will "connect," but the scanner will not? Are you connected with a USB cable or your through a router? I am not sure I can help you, but some specifics might help.

[dethmeggle]

I'm connected via USB cable. When I attempt to scan something, the readout on the scanner/printer says "Connecting to PC" for about two or three minutes before it gives up and goes into sleep mode. The printer works fine and receives info from the computer easily, but I can't scan in information.

[bijanafx]

When scanning in a document, all I have to do is open XSane from Applications > Graphics > XSane. It detects the scanner automagically. It sounds like you are pressing the scan button on the printer itself. That shouldn't be necessary. Sorry I left that out of the original post. Hope that helps.

[dethmeggle]

XSane just brings up a small box that says "scanning for devices," then tells me it's an invalid argument. So I think I did something wrong, lol. Is the IP connection necessary when it comes to scanning, or shouldn't the USB be enough?

Sorry I'm such a n00b.

[jsavga]

brsaneconfig3  -a  name=(name  your  device)  model=(model  name)  ip=xx.xx.xx.xx

brsaneconfig3  -a  name=MFC-255cw  model=MFC-250C  ip=192.168.1.124

Also (I am not sure if this is necessary), you may need to set user permissions for the device:

The MFC -255CW is supported by brsane3 now so your above would be:

brsaneconfig3  -a  name=MFC-255cw  model=MFC-255CW  ip=x.x.x.x