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shakti.mickey 06-02-2013 12:21 AM

Brother scanner mfc j430w installation
 
I have installed brother mfc j430w printeron my linux maya and print work is doing well by usb and network mode.But i am unable to take scan. Is there is a need to download scanner drivers, if yes then what after download please send me step by step guide to make me do scan bcoz i am a newbie...Thanku in advance for your help

jdkaye 06-02-2013 02:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shakti.mickey (Post 4963843)
I have installed brother mfc j430w printeron my linux maya and print work is doing well by usb and network mode.But i am unable to take scan. Is there is a need to download scanner drivers, if yes then what after download please send me step by step guide to make me do scan bcoz i am a newbie...Thanku in advance for your help

Can you tell us what driver you're using for your Brother? Is it a CUPS driver? If not have you checked if there is a CUPS driver for your printer/scanner? I have used Brother printers for years (now its an HL2130) and the CUPS drivers have always worked very well.
jdk

markush 06-02-2013 03:38 AM

Hi,

could you please open a terminal and post the output of
Code:

groups
This will show you which groups you as a user belong to. For a multifunction device (printer+scanner) it is necessary to be member of the lp as well as the scanner group

Also execute the commands
Code:

sane-find-scanner
and
Code:

scanimage -L
and post the output here. If sane-find-scanner doesn't find the scanner please execute it with sudo (or as root).

Markus

allend 06-02-2013 09:24 AM

Have you installed the scanner driver? Drivers and instructions can be accessed from here. http://welcome.solutions.brother.com.../en/index.html

Apparently your device uses the brother4 driver (same as my MFC-J825DW). With my setup, the driver defaults to using the '24bit Color[Fast]' mode. (Check the output of 'scanimage -h'). That option does not work for me. I have no problems when I use the '24bit Color' mode instead.

shakti.mickey 06-02-2013 10:10 PM

thank u guys.. it worked i have added in groups by command
sudo usermod -a -G lp,scanner username
THANK U VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT

jdkaye 06-02-2013 11:55 PM

Glad to hear that. As a courtesy to others, would you kindly mark this thread as [Solved]. Use the Thread Tools menu located just above your first post in this thread. Thanks.
jdk


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