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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=445469

User mvdv@xxxxxxxxxxx added comment
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=445469#c442173

           Summary: Add hint how to set up Brother all-in-one network
                    scanners to yast2-scanner.
           Product: openSUSE 11.0
           Version: Final
          Platform: i586
        OS/Version: openSUSE 11.0
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Enhancement
          Priority: P5 - None
         Component: YaST2
        AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: mvdv@xxxxxxxxxxx
         QAContact: jsrain@xxxxxxxxxx
          Found By: ---


After installing Brother's scanner driver I have been unable to configure the
scanner via:
YaST>Scanner>Add

Specifically.  Only 4 Brother scanners show up!
Of course I also banged my head for a couple of days, before tracking down Bug
#442173 
:(

Anyway, it appears that support for Brother's MFC printers can be added that is
similar to support for HP's all-in-one?
Specifically, similar support to that added in response to Bug #310476
(enhancement request)

In addition it would be very useful to support Brother's send-keys utility
which enables 
 - 'scan-to-image'
 - 'scan-to-file'
 - 'scan-to-email'
 - 'scan-to-ftp'
Configuring, or instructions to configure, the send-keys file:
 - add facility to define the eth device to the send-keys configuration file.
 - add facility to define the eth device to the send-keys script files.
 - add init.d script for brscan-skey

Brother has very good install/configuration instructions:
http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/index.html

I followed these instructions, then installed and tested printer and scanner
devices using CUPS.

Next, you have to start the sane-port service via 
YaST>Network Services>Network Services(xinetd)

In addition, for my model (brother2 driver), I had to do:

sed -e 's/#brother2/brother2/;s/#net/net/' </etc/sane.d/dll.conf
> /etc/sane.d/dll.conf

Other possible drivers are 'brother' and 'brother3'.

Then, YaST>Scanner shows the Brother scanner device which I had previously
registered by following Brother's instructions.  The 'brother2 at' network
entry is also shown. See attached image.

Next, YaST>Hardware>Scanner>Edit
wait, wait, wait... (Bug #442173 means an approx 20 minute wait here)

Then all that shows is the "Scanner Model and Driver Selection" dialog, and it
seems one can _never_ get to edit any of the discovered brother scanners!

Now, select driver "dev0,Brother,MFC8860DN"
Yast>Scanner>Other>Test
Failed.  

Next Select driver "brother2"
Yast>Scanner>Other>Test
Failed.

However the following all work:

  scanimage -d "brother2:net1;dev0" -v >/dev/null
  scanimage -d "net:192.168.1.1:brother2:net1;dev0" -v >/dev/null
  scanimage -d "net:localhost:brother2:net1;dev0" -v >/dev/null

This enhancement would expand openSUSE scanner support 'out-of-the-box' by many
10's to 100 of Brother models :)

Let me know if you want me to help test any changes.

Mark


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