On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 05:43:59PM -0000, Doug Herr wrote: > > Hi list > > > > I recently got a Brother scanner/printer for my Fedora 31 desktop. I've > > installed all the drivers from Brother and the printing part works > > fine, but not scanning. > > > > When I launch simple-scan, [snip] > > I have not tried that sanning app, but I found that Xsane works well with my Brother DCP-L2550DW. > Package installed: xsane-0.999-34.fc31.x86_64 > > -- > Doug H. We have a Brother DCP7065DN multifunction printer/scanner/kitchen-sink here, difference is that it is on the household LAN, not USB connected. However, everything works great even on my Centos system. Both Sane and simple-scan work for scanning. I don't know how the OP installed the Brother drivers, but there are two ways: one is detailed with lots of tweaks you need to make, and the other is relatively trivial. You can either: 1. download the individual driver files and hack your system according to the instructions on the site, or 2. download a single installer file that asks you questions then downloads and installs the driver files for you. After that you can use whatever app you use on that system to set up a printer. On Centos I usually use the print settings tool (though you should be able to use CUPs on port 631 instead.) For my printer (since I don't know what printer the OP has) I'd go to this page https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist.aspx?c=us&lang=en&prod=dcp7065dn_all&os=127 which downloads the "driver install tool". You could download the individual bits and pieces you need from that page, too, but this one seems to do the whole job. There's probably a page like that for your printer, too, and I'd suggest you install it that way. good luck! Fred -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result of an unsolicited e-mail message. Nor will I forward chain letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online community. --Roger Ebert, December, 1996 ----------------------------- The Boulder Pledge ----------------------------- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
