Brother_MFC_420CN/Sane
| Note: If you have another Scanner from Brother that works with these instructions, please update the "Other Models that work" section on the main page of this article with the model of your printer. This will help keep this section as clean as possible without adding clutter, and will still inform other users that your model works. |
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Setup MFC 420CN scanner drivers
Brother: Linux Sane Scanner Driver
First go to the web site linked above and you'll need to download the driver for your model MFC. There will be a chioce between a USB driver, and a Network driver. Choose the driver that you need.
| Note: Depending on which MFC you have, you may have to choose either one of brscan, or brscan2. In my case I had to choose brscan2... The commands used are pretty close to being the same, but remember to use the proper command, either brsaneconfig, or brsaneconfig2, depending on which driver supports your MFC |
Install the Sane driver
Make sure the file name matches the file that you downloaded. Install using rpm:
rpm -ivh --nodeps brscan2-0.2.4-0.x86_64.rpm
| Note: First merging rpm-package with "emerge -a rpm", but that is not the Gentoo way! Use "rpm2targz" instead. This will prepare a bit (hopefully) upcoming ebuild for Gentoo. |
Install using rpm2targz (convert, extract, copy extracted files):
rpm2targz brscan2-0.2.4-0.x86_64.rpm tar xfzv brscan2-0.2.4-0.x86_64.tar.gz cp -R usr /
Do manually some things that rpm would do on a RedHat machine:
echo "brother2" >> /etc/sane.d/dll.conf
Check the list of supported scanners
brsaneconfig2 -q
Please note the exact spelling of the model listed. You should take this opportunity to copy the model you have.
Configure MFC for ethernet access
This section is for those of you who have your MFC configured for network access.
Configure the MFC
brsaneconfig2 -a name=MFC420CN model=MFC-420CN ip=192.168.0.10
Or
echo "192.168.0.10 brother.mynetwork brother" >> /etc/hosts brsaneconfig2 -a name=MFC420CN model=MFC-420CN nodename=brother
Ok... Now you can see that there are three options that need to be configure here.
- name
- model
- ip or nodename (with properly configured /etc/hosts)
Name can be whatever you want it to be. Model is the model that you copied from the prior command. And IP is the IP address you set in the MFC. (Read the MFC's manual to learn how to set the IP)
Check your configuration
brsaneconfig2 -q
It should say something like this at the end of the list
- 0 MFC420CN "MFC-420CN" I:192.168.0.10
Configure MFC for USB
This section is for those of you who have your MFC configured for USB access.
Configure /etc/fstab
- For those of your that use a 2.4 kernel
echo 'none /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs auto,devmode=0666 0 0' >> /etc/fstab
- For those you that use a 2.6 kernel
echo 'none /proc/bus/usb usbfs auto,devmode=0666 0 0' >> /etc/fstab
if you use libusb-0.1.12:
echo 'none /dev/bus/usb usbfs auto,devmode=0666 0 0' >> /etc/fstab
Modify the USB access control
umount /proc/bus/usb mount /proc/bus/usb # or "mount /dev/bus/usb" see above mknod -m 666 /dev/usbscanner c 180 48
If so, then we need to install a scanner GUI
Emerge XSane
emerge -va xsane
When that is done fire xsane up, and scan something. Does it work? Great!!
Troubleshooting
- In case sane appears to ignore the drivers and settings provided by brother (xsane would not find any devices), you may have to add "brother" or "brother2" (depending on brscan version) to the list of backends in /etc/sane.d/dll.conf.
Created by NickStallman.net, Luxury Homes Australia
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