Scanner software for Brother mfc8480dn

bp · 2025-08-18T21:59:26+00:00

For the first time in recent memory I'd like to do some scanningwith my Brother MFC8480DN all-in-one printer/scanner/copier/faxmachine, and I'd like to use my Pi5 for the job since it's theonly up-to-date computer I have. I've used Brother Control Center software on a (very old) Macand it worked, but a more modern system is long overdue. At appears that Debian Linux scanning software is offered, but it looks quite old; 2007. Further it's unclear whether ARM is supportedat all. Given the age it seems unlikely.Does anybody have an idea whether Brother's software for scanningwill work on a Pi5, or perhaps there's something better? I don'tneed anything fancy like OCR (though it might come in handy someday),just a way to prepare attachments that can be submitted for a driver's license renewal. I'm inclined to proceed cautiously,since printing works well and I don't want to mess that up. Any suggestions or links to references would help greatly.Thanks for reading,bob prohaska