Scanning documents using an mfc-8480dn

bob prohaska · 2021-08-23T23:03:53+00:00

Can a Brother MFC-8480dn all-in-one printer/scanner/fax be used to scan and import images into a Pi4 running RaspiOS? I've got gimp and xsane installed, but neither can see the 8480. However, it functions just fine as a network printer, so at least the communications part is working ok. I can telnet into the printer, but apart from looking around I'm fairly clueless. Typing show netscan reports Network scan is enabled but that's all she writes. I gather there are "scanner drivers" named brscan2 and brscan3, but neither is available via apt-get and it's unclear if they're even relevant to linux or the Raspberry Pi. Thanks for reading, and any suggestions! bob prohaska

Aug 23, 2021 20 Replies

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A. Dumas 5 years ago

It's there, check again.

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