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scanner for MFC-7860DW brother printer

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francois.e
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scanner for MFC-7860DW brother printer

#1 Post by francois.e »

Installed package simple-scan

downloaded the brother scanner package
https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloa ... &type3=566

followed brother instructions for wifi install of brother scanner
https://support.brother.com/g/s/id/linu ... edirect=on

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root@debian:/home/fl# cd /home/fl/Downloads/
root@debian:/home/fl/Downloads# ls
brscan4-0.4.2-1.amd64.deb
root@debian:/home/fl/Downloads# dpkg  -i  --force-all brscan4-0.4.2-1.amd64.deb
Selecting previously unselected package brscan4.
(Reading database ... 144738 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack brscan4-0.4.2-1.amd64.deb ...
Unpacking brscan4 (0.4.2-1) ...
Setting up brscan4 (0.4.2-1) ...
This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group.
root@debian:/home/fl/Downloads# cd /opt/brother/scanner/brscan4/
root@debian:/opt/brother/scanner/brscan4# ls
Brsane4.ini  brsaneconfig4  brsanenetdevice4.cfg  doc  models4	setupSaneScan4
root@debian:/opt/brother/scanner/brscan4# brsaneconfig4 -a name=scanner model=MFC-7860DW ip=192.168.000.107
root@debian:/opt/brother/scanner/brscan4# brsaneconfig4 -q | grep scanner
  0 scanner             "MFC-7860DW"        I:192.168.000.107
root@debian:/opt/brother/scanner/brscan4# ls
Brsane4.ini  brsaneconfig4  brsanenetdevice4.cfg  doc  models4	setupSaneScan4
Started simple-scan, error message:
no scanners detected.

Any suggestion?
Thanks.

peter_irich
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Re: scanner for MFC-7860DW brother printer

#2 Post by peter_irich »

Try copy symlinks from /usr/lib/sane to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sane, just copy.

Peter.

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Soul Singin'
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Re: scanner for MFC-7860DW brother printer

#3 Post by Soul Singin' »

peter_irich wrote:Try copy symlinks from /usr/lib/sane to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sane, just copy.
Yes. This works. Thank you.
Debian Wiki :: Scanner wrote:
  • A non-free backend issue
A recent change to libsane in Debian may impact on the ability of third-party software to initiate scanning with a frontend. Some packages from some of the vendors above are likely to put files in the wrong place due to this change, leading to scanimage -L giving a negative report. The misplaced vendor backend files are often put somewhere like /usr/lib/sane or /usr/lib64/sane/. Copying them to /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sane or /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/sane/ is one way of dealing with the issue.
In my case, copying the libraries and creating symlinks enabled sane to find my scanner.

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cp /usr/lib64/sane/libsane-brother3.so.1.0.7  /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sane/.
cd  /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sane/
ln -s libsane-brother3.so.1.0.7 libsane-brother3.so.1 
ln -s libsane-brother3.so.1 libsane-brother3.so

cp /usr/lib64/libbrscandec3.so.1.0.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/. 
cd /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ 
ln -s libbrscandec3.so.1.0.0 libbrscandec3.so.1 
ln -s libbrscandec3.so.1 libbrscandec3.so

kevinthefixer
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Re: scanner for MFC-7860DW brother printer

#4 Post by kevinthefixer »

Interesting, what Debian are you all running? I use a MFC-L2705DW over wifi on Stretch, and I've had no major issues at all. I use both scanner and printer at least weekly, sometimes daily.

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Soul Singin'
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Re: scanner for MFC-7860DW brother printer

#5 Post by Soul Singin' »

kevinthefixer wrote:Interesting, what Debian are you all running?
Debian Buster. Scanning worked fine for me on Stretch and all prior versions of Debian. The change affects Buster.

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Re: scanner for MFC-7860DW brother printer

#6 Post by kevinthefixer »

I see, thanks!

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