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Re: brother printer/scanners

From Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: brother printer/scanners
Date 2017-01-02 02:30 +0100
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Joel Rees composed on 2017-01-02 09:38 (UTC+0900):

> I got a Brother printer to work by installing both the debian packages
> from the repos and the deb from Brother's website, but the scanner
> still isn't being found.

> Running Wheezy.

> Would anyone care to tell me what steps they took to get scan
> functionality on their Brother multifunction printers?

I only ever did it once, which less than a week ago, via ethernet cable, for an 
inkjet MFC-420CN. I've already forgotten whether I did anything other than 
follow the instructions found on Brother's web site for my model, which provided 
a total of three packages, one of which contained nothing but a tiny script. It 
may be that the script was what actually created the device for the driver to 
use. I did not install the inkjet's printer drivers, only its scanning, because 
I print on an ethernet connected Brother HL5470DW laser.
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brother printer/scanners Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2017-01-02 01:40 +0100
  Re: brother printer/scanners Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-01-02 02:30 +0100
  Re: brother printer/scanners Igor Cicimov <icicimov@gmail.com> - 2017-01-02 02:30 +0100
    Re: brother printer/scanners Igor Cicimov <icicimov@gmail.com> - 2017-01-05 04:40 +0100
  Re: brother printer/scanners Jape Person <japers@comcast.net> - 2017-01-02 02:40 +0100
    Re: brother printer/scanners Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-01-02 03:40 +0100
      Re: brother printer/scanners Jape Person <japers@comcast.net> - 2017-01-02 07:00 +0100
        Re: brother printer/scanners Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-01-02 08:10 +0100
          Re: brother printer/scanners Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-01-02 13:30 +0100
            Re: brother printer/scanners Jape Person <japers@comcast.net> - 2017-01-02 17:00 +0100
              Re: brother printer/scanners Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-01-03 01:00 +0100
                Re: brother printer/scanners Jape Person <japers@comcast.net> - 2017-01-03 04:20 +0100
                Re: brother printer/scanners Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-01-04 17:30 +0100
                Re: brother printer/scanners Jape Person <japers@comcast.net> - 2017-01-04 19:30 +0100
                Re: brother printer/scanners Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-01-04 20:00 +0100
                Re: brother printer/scanners Jape Person <japers@comcast.net> - 2017-01-04 23:00 +0100
                Re: brother printer/scanners Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2017-01-04 23:10 +0100
                Re: brother printer/scanners John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2017-01-05 00:40 +0100
  Re: brother printer/scanners Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2017-01-02 05:50 +0100
    Re: brother printer/scanners Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2017-01-03 06:30 +0100
      Re: brother printer/scanners Jape Person <japers@comcast.net> - 2017-01-03 06:50 +0100
      Re: brother printer/scanners Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2017-01-03 08:10 +0100
  Re: brother printer/scanners Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-01-03 01:20 +0100
    Re: brother printer/scanners Jape Person <japers@comcast.net> - 2017-01-03 04:30 +0100

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