Ubuntu – Brother scanner not working in Ubuntu 16.04 though driver installed

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I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 and a brother DCP-375CW, a printer and scanner all in one.
I downloaded the drivers and used the Driver Install Tool by brother.

This is the result: the system says the drivers are installed. The printer is actually working. But Simple Scan refuses to recognize a driver and xsane won't even recognize a scanner.
I tried some instructions I found on the Internet but most of them seem to be for older Ubuntu Versions.
I'm worried that there is something different with Ubuntu 16.04.

$ dpkg -l | grep -i Brother

ii  brother-cups-wrapper-common        1.0.0-10-0ubuntu6   amd64        Common files for Brother cups wrapper packages
ii  brother-udev-rule-type1            1.0.0-1             all          Brother udev rule type 1
ii  brscan-skey                        0.2.4-1             amd64        Brother Linux scanner S-KEY tool
ii  brscan3                            0.2.13-1            amd64        Brother Scanner Driver
ii  dcp375cwcupswrapper:i386           1.1.3-1             i386         Brother CUPS Inkjet Printer Definitions
ii  dcp375cwlpr:i386                   1.1.3-1             i386         Brother lpr Inkjet Printer Definitions
ii  printer-driver-brlaser             3-3build1           amd64        printer driver for (some) Brother laser printers
ii  printer-driver-ptouch              1.4-1               amd64        printer driver Brother P-touch label printers

Best Answer

I only had to do this single step (mentioned earlier but that answer also included other steps). I have a Brother DCP-L2500D and I run Ubuntu 16.04.

Open this file

sudo gedit -H /lib/udev/rules.d/60-libsane.rules

Add the following line to the file, just before the line # The following rule will disable USB autosuspend for the device

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

Restart (well that's two steps :-))

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