Brother MFC-9840CDW scanning on kubuntu

xmrkite · 12-09-2012, 03:27 PM

Hello, the printer works great in ubuntu with no configuration needed (just plugged it in), but xsane can't find the scanner.

Any ideas? I'm using kubuntu 11.10 on a few computers, usb is used on one of them, the printer's network port on the rest of them.

Thanks

camorri · 12-09-2012, 06:37 PM

Have you installed brscan3 from here -->http://welcome.solutions.brother.com...n.html#brscan3 ?

The link has install instructions. There is another tool called scan-key-tool, would be a good idea if you installed it to.

You will need to add your user to the scanner group also.