My brothers MFC j430w printer,prints but won't scan, I'm using xsane scan program ,
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My brothers MFC j430w printer,prints but won't scan, I'm using xsane scan program ,
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
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
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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.
Last edited by tronayne; 08-01-2013 at 03:00 PM.
Reason: Add GUI statement
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