[lubuntu-users] Scanning thru network not working?

[Andre Campos Rodovalho]

Here in the company I use Brother DCP-7065DN (wired network) using simple
scan (Brother Linux Drivers required)
I also use Epson L355 (wireless network) also on simple scan (also needs
SEIKO Linux Drivers)
In house I used to use HP 8600 and 8100 (wireless or wired network) with
simples scan software (hplip package required only)

Summarizing, network scanning in linux works, it is a matter of drivers
only. Some are tricky to get working, some are not...

I have never heard about Windows OS sharing scanners.

2016-09-05 17:52 GMT-03:00 E James <e_james at moladn.net>:

> On 04/09/16 23:09, Narcis Garcia wrote:
> > I can make network scan with these Brother Wifi devices, but only
> > through a Windows virtual machine running inside GNU/Linux.
> > Brother seems to provide network scanning software only for Windows,
> > because it uses a closed~privative protocol.
> >
> > Decent network scanners are FTP capable, and then all it's easier and
> > decent.
> >
> >
> > El 04/09/16 a les 14:25, Liam Proven ha escrit:
> >> On 2 September 2016 at 21:13, Barry Titterton <
> titterton.barry at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> I think that it depends upon the driver software that is bundled with
> >>> the device.
> >>
> >> No, as indicated by your own very next sentence:
> >>
> >>> I have a Brother MFD that claims to be able to scan over
> >>> wifi.
> >>
> >> So it has Wifi. It is network-capable. This is not the same as a
> >> USB-only device.
> >>
> >
>
> I would like to add some details in the hope of clarifying the situation
> for the benefit of anyone reading this in the future. The first thing I
> should say is that I am no Linux expert.
>
> Apparently there are ways to set up a Linux wireless scanner server with
> both
> Linux and Windows clients
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SaneDaemonTutorial
> I haven't tried it and I haven't seen any hint of a Windows based scanner
> server for Linux clients.
>
> What I have done is set up my new Brother MFC-J480DW to print and scan
> with Linux
> without ever connecting a cable (apart from the power cable).
>
> I downloaded the software from Brother
> http://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist.aspx?c=us&lang=
> en&prod=mfcj480dw_us_eu_as&os=128
> and installed it using GDebi. The printer installed using "add printer" but
> the scanner didn't work. "No scanners detected".
>
> I followed the instructions at this site
> https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/15
> and the scanner didn't work. "No scanners detected".
>
> Finally I retried the Brother installation script with manual specification
> of the device URI and the scanner and the printer now work.
>
> I have now done it twice - once with a netbook running Lubuntu 13.10
> (32bit) and
> once with a laptop running Zorin 9 (32bit).
>
> The printer URI can look like this "dnssd://Brother%20MFC-J480DW.
> _pdl-datastream._tcp.local/"
> and I was asked to specify the scanner IP address. The scanner worked but
> the printer
> seemed unreliable ("Printer not connected").
> If I specified the printer URI as the IP address, the installer used the
> same value for
> the scanner and both seem to work reliably.
>
> I always knew that the scanner would work wirelessly because there's a
> Brother app
> for Android which works very well. Just in case you're wondering - in my
> house it's
> easier to take the computer to the scanner than it is to take the scanner
> to the computer.
> Wireless is very useful.
>
> --
> Lubuntu-users mailing list
> Lubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/
> mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lubuntu-users/attachments/20160909/feffa942/attachment.html>