Ubuntu – Brother MFC-295CN Scanner

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I have managed to add my MFC-295CN printer to my Ubuntu 11.04 desktop. However, I need some help adding the scanner.
from the Brother website I am instructed to install the driver
step 4-3) Command (for dpkg)

# dpkg -i --force-all (scanner-drivername)

and the example given is: 

dpkg -i brscan-skey-0.2.1-1.i386.deb 
Selecting previously deselected package brscan-skey.
(Reading database ... 89058 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking brscan-skey (from brscan-skey-0.2.1-1.i386.deb) ...
Setting up brscan-skey (0.2.1-1) ...

With terminal I can add PPA's and remove programs but this is very confusing to me. Do I write the '#'? do I need to type 'sudo'?
FYI I need to download the brscan3 driver. Please help me with this, once I get this I won't need Windows 7 really anymore, being able to scan from Ubuntu would be a huge win.

Thank you,

Dustin

Best Answer

Ok here is how I got my MFC-295CN scanner working. I downloaded the drivers, prerequisites, brscan3 ect and installed using software centre. I also installed Xsane. Scanning did not work with Xsane and simple scan. So I edited the rules.

  1. Open /lib/udev/rules.d/40-libsane.rules file.

  2. Add the following two lines to the end of the device list. (Before the line "# The following rule will disable ..."):

    # Brother scanners
ATTRS{idVendor}=="04f9", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes"

  3. Restart the OS.

But to edit it, you have to use terminal. like this: gksudo gedit /lib/udev/rules.d/40-libsane.rules

This is how to get your MFC-295CN scanner to work.

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