paxolin,
You sound like you actually have a working printer! The cable only needs to be connected to your computer's USB port when you need to print something, so just unplug the USB until you next need to print. Scanning: With the printer cable connected, try switching off the computer and restarting it. Put a document in the scanner and try: Menu > Simple Scan > Scan |
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I plugged in the USB lead and reinstalled the printer driver as I thought you said I needed to do that to get the scanner installed? Simple Scan still won't talk to the scanner, although it lists it as a scan source - but only when the USB lead is connected. The printer stopped working over the WiFi. All documents end up sitting in the print queue. I've reinstalled it yet again without the USB cable, and it works again on WiFi. Still can't get the scanner to work though. |
For a network-attached Brother scanner you first need to configure using the brsaneconfig4 utility as I posted previously.
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I’m guessing you’re referring to posts #25 & #26? I’m sorry I didn’t understand that. I can see in #25 it mentions ip, which (I think that) I don’t know, as I can’t access the router. In post #26, I read what you wrote and typed “brsaneconfig4 –help” and it listed exactly as you had, so I must have the utility d/l OK? I assume it’s brsaneconfig4 as my Brother is MFCJ430W, having the first digit of 4? What is "nodename=BRN_xxxxx" I don’t understand what that means, or what it is? Friendly name. Does that mean I must give it a name myself? Can I just call it “brother” for example? If so, do I type exactly (in upper & lower case): Code:
brsaneconfig4 -a name=brother model=MFCJ430W nodename=BRN_xxxxx [enter] Do I have to plug in the USB printer lead while I do all this? If I do, can I then remove it afterwards? |
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Online manual... https://www.brother-usa.com/VirData/...DW_EN_5038.PDF From the online manual Quote:
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You might also find your printer details are detected (if connected to the network) with
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brsaneconfig4 -q |
BTW, the brsaneconfig4 utility creates a config file called /etc/opt/brother/scanner/brscan4/brsanenetdevice4.cfg
So, for example if the wireless nodename was BRW3005CD2F4EF2 then the following would be used to configure... Code:
brsaneconfig4 -a name=Brother model=MFC-J430W nodename=BRW3005CD2F4EF2 Code:
ping BRW3005CD2F4EF2.local |
ferrari,
This is looking hopeful now. I followed your quotes from the manual, and have printed out the Network Configuration. (I live in Thailand, the manual I have in only in Thai) It lists the MAC Address "a4-17-31-4c-54-e3" Also listed is Node name "dhcppc0" (in my first post #1, I happened to listed this, but Mint listed it as "Host") I'm confused now, as in your quote from the manual, it says: "Node Name: The Node Name appears in the Network Configuration Report. The default Node Name is “BRNxxxxxxxxxxxx” for a wired network or “BRWxxxxxxxxxxxx” for a wireless network (“xxxxxxxxxxxx” is your machine’s MAC Address / Ethernet Address)." So in there in brackets, it seems to be saying it could be the MAC address/ethernet address? Or is that part ignored, as it has printed a specific Node name already? Whatever the BRN is, would it be possible to enter it using BRW, not BRN, to keep the scanner on the WiFi network (as I do in Windows)? Would this be what I should enter? Code:
brsaneconfig4 -a name=brother model=MFCJ430W nodename=BRW_dhcppc0 [enter] I did try "brsaneconfig4 -q" That just listed over 300 lines what looked Brother-type printers? I've just seem your additional post about ping. I don't understand a lot of this, but tried as many options as I could think of: Code:
watt@PCMint ~ $ ping dhccp0.local |
You can check your printer nodename from the front-panel, and print the network details as explained already. Did you try printing a network configuration report yet? By default, Brother has configured the machine names based on its MAC addresses in the form BRNxxxxxxxxxxxx (ethernet interface) and BRWxxxxxxxxxxxx (wireless interface).
If the hostname really is dhccp0, then I would have expected this to work Code:
brsaneconfig4 -a name=brother model=MFCJ430W nodename=dhcppc0 Code:
brsaneconfig4 -r brother |
You need to be careful with your syntax, as you mentioned 'dhcppc0' but then pinged variant names
Did you try this? Code:
ping dhcppc0.local |
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ping: unknown host dhcppc0.local ping: unknown host BRWdhcppc0.local ping: unknown host BRW_dhcppc0.local ping: unknown host BRN_dhcppc0.local ping: unknown host BRNdhcppc0.local No luck with any of those though. Is this a problem that it can't find it? I've just printed something via the WiFi 5 minutes ago, so it's definitely working. |
BTW, the 'dhcppc0' name is likely given by the router rather than the printer itself. (As long as it resolves to the printer's IP address that should be ok though.)
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Maybe avahi isn't running on your system? What about just the following?
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ping dhcppc0 Code:
ip route |
3 tools that can help identify devices on a network (you may need to install them first)
1) arp-scan Code:
arp-scan --localnet Code:
# arp-scan --localnet For example, I get Code:
# nmap -sP 192.168.90.1-255 Example Code:
# avahi-browse -a -r -t|egrep "host|address" |
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ping: unknown host dhcppc0 I had to reboot to Windows to scan this - a bit ironic there! |
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