Brother MFC-6490CW Scanner problems

[Wade Smart]

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On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 9:07 PM, Linda <haniganwork at earthlink.net> wrote:
> On 05/08/2014 07:09 AM, Linda wrote:
>>
>> On 05/07/2014 11:09 PM, Juan R. de Silva wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, 07 May 2014 17:26:35 -0500, Linda wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm setting up a new machine with 12.04 LTS stable.  I got the Brother
>>>> MFC-6490CW to work as a printer over the network but it will not work as
>>>> a scanner over the network.  I tired all of the possible solutions I
>>>> found on line adding users to groups etc but both Xsane and simple scan
>>>> fail. In frustration I removed the network scanner with brscan3config
>>>> and tried plugging it in with a usb cord. If I do this Xsane gives me a
>>>> Failed to start scanner:Invalid argument message but if you select the
>>>> scan button again it works. Simple scan gives Failed to scan, unable to
>>>> start scan message. Does anyone have any ideas? I could live with having
>>>> it plugged in as a usb scanner but would like to get it working without
>>>> the error message.
>>>>                                      Thanks
>>>>                                       Linda
>>>
>>> I have MFC-7064DN and never had any problems with it. Yours looks quite
>>> similar.
>>>
>>> What drivers did you use? Did you get drivers for your MFC from Brother
>>> web site? Did you follow Brother installation instructions to the letter?
>>>
>>> If you did, you should run the following command in terminal after you
>>> installed the scanner driver:
>>>
>>> brsaneconfigX -a name=[scanner_name (choose some)] model=MFC6490CW ip=
>>> [give_its_ip_addres_here]
>>>
>>> I had to use brsaneconfig4, you mentioned brsaneconfig3. You know better
>>> what is suitable for your scanner.
>>>
>>>
>> Yes I got the drivers from the Brothers site and followed the
>> instructions. The frustrating part is I had it working without a problem on
>> the previous machine. I think I'll try removing all the sane packages and
>> the scanner drivers and start from scratch
>>                 Linda
>>
> I finally gave up trying to solve the problem getting the MFC-6490CW to work
> and bought VueScan.  It works over the network without a hitch and does a
> decent job at OCR to a text file as well. Just thought I would post and let
> others know if you can't get Xsane to work properly for your scanner, you
> can try VueScan. They let you download a copy and try it to see if it works
> properly with your scanner before you actually buy it.
>
>                        Linda
>
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I have a MFC-9340 that I can print to but not scan from.
I just use the thumb drive port. It sucks but it works.
Good to know about vuescan.