18.04 will not let scanner on Brother MFC-9440CN

[cigtoxdoc]

I have submitted a bug report on this, but some Brother MFC (MFC-9440CN, for example) will not scan after PC is upgraded from 16.04 to 18.04. MFC-9440CN and connection to PC okay as machine is dual boot and scanner works from Win side.

John

[PEM59]

I am having the same problem with my Brother MFC-7460DN.
I have tried reinstalling the drivers - that doews not work as well.
Anyone have any solutions?

[PEM59]

Found a solution from another post:

https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread....rother+scanner

The problem turns out to be similar to Brother printers; the install routine places files in /usr/lib64 when they should be in /usr/lib. The solution is different for 64 bit and 32 bit users.


http://support.brother.com/g/s/id/li...rect=on#f00108




Related Distribution : Ubuntu, LinuxMint, Debian
Related Scanner Driver : brscan, brscan2, brscan3








Check if the following directory exist.


For 64bit Users:
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sane
　
For 32bit Users:
/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/sane




Type the following command if the above directory exist.


For 64bit Users:
Command : sudo cp /usr/lib64/sane/libsane-brother* /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sane


For 32bit Users:
Command : sudo cp /usr/lib/sane/libsane-brother* /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/sane