My brothers MFC j430w printer,prints but won't scan, I'm using xsane scan program ,

jbander · 08-01-2013, 12:25 AM

I'm using Mint15 and Having problems , If you have the solution please pass it on to me.
My Brothers MFC j430w won't scan, the drivers for both the printer and the scanner are downloaded . I get a error message saying “Failed to open device brother4:bus2;devl':invalid argument”

When I check with “scanimage -l” I get device `brother4:bus2;dev1' is a Brother MFC-J430W USB scanner

tronayne · 08-01-2013, 06:24 AM

You usually need to be in the scanner group -- check with

Code:

grep scanner /etc/group
scanner:x:93:root,user01,user02,user03

You may also need to be in the lp group (not always necessary but can't hurt):

Code:

grep lp /etc/group     
lp:x:7:lp,user01,user02,user03

In the above, "user01" would be your user name.

If you're not in either or both groups,

Code:

su -
<password>
usermod -a -G scanner your_user_id
usermod -a -G lp your_user_id

Before you hit the enter key, make sure you have typed an upper case G.

You'll probably only need to add yourself to scanner.

Hope this helps some.

jbander · 08-01-2013, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tronayne

You usually need to be in the scanner group -- check with

Code:

grep scanner /etc/group
scanner:x:93:root,user01,user02,user03

You may also need to be in the lp group (not always necessary but can't hurt):

Code:

grep lp /etc/group     
lp:x:7:lp,user01,user02,user03

In the above, "user01" would be your user name.

If you're not in either or both groups,

Code:

su -
<password>
usermod -a -G scanner your_user_id
usermod -a -G lp your_user_id

Before you hit the enter key, make sure you have typed an upper case G.

You'll probably only need to add yourself to scanner.

Hope this helps some.

I type grep /etc/group and I get "scanner:x:119:", that's all . I'm not real comfortable with the terminal yet so could you advise so I don't screw up something, What do I do next?
Thank you

tronayne · 08-01-2013, 01:46 PM

It appears that you're using *buntu? There may be a "user management" GUI tool you can use to add your user id to the scanner group (sorry, I don't know a single thing about *buntu and I can't direct you to where to look).

Otherwise, you're going to have to do

Code:

<open a terminal window>
su -
<type the root password>
usermod -a -G scanner your_user_id
exit

replacing "your_user_id" with your login.

Sorry, there isn't something you can click to do that.

jbander · 08-01-2013, 05:04 PM

My MFC j430w prints and scans now thank you this is solved