I also own a Brother MFC machine. If your scanner function is not working, you are probably missing a couple scanner files from Brother.
You can determine if you have the necessary Brother software/drivers installed by running this command from a terminal, Your output should resemble this... (note lines 3 and 4 of the response)
Code:
$ dpkg -l |grep Brother
ii brmfcfaxcups:i386 1.0.0-2 i386 Brother MFC/FAX fax share function driver
ii brmfcfaxlpd:i386 1.0.0-2 i386 Brother MFC-FAX LPD driver
ii brscan-skey 0.2.4-1 amd64 Brother Linux scanner S-KEY tool
ii brscan4 0.4.4-3 amd64 Brother Scanner Driver
ii cupswrappermfc7360n:i386 2.0.4-2 i386 Brother MFC7360N CUPS wrapper driver
ii mfc7360nlpr:i386 2.1.0-1 i386 Brother MFC-7360N LPR driver
ii printer-driver-brlaser 3-5~ubuntu1 amd64 printer driver for (some) Brother laser printers
ii printer-driver-ptouch 1.4-1 amd64 printer driver Brother P-touch label printers
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