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[Little Girl]

Hey there,

Tommy Trussell wrote:

>I don't know why I never think of this, but I have commented
>extensively on the bug below, which is directly relevant to the
>original poster's question:
>
>https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/701856

Now is as good a time as any.

>I have a Brother DCP 7020 (which happens to use the same driver as
>the OP's scanner) and every time I upgrade Ubuntu I have to figure
>out what has changed THIS time, so I keep the bug updated. That way
>all I have to do is open the bug when I need to install it again.

Good idea.

>Here's my update for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic," which I resolved by
>using the SANE diagnostics to see where SANE is looking for the
>drivers. (It has changed several times over the years.)
>
>https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/701856/comments/32

Those look like quick steps to follow to give it a try.

>As you might have guessed, I haven't yet upgraded that machine to
>Ubuntu 20.04 "Focal," so I don't know if the procedure has changed
>again.

Understood, but it's a good starting point.

>Sometime very recently someone at Brother has updated their website
>with FAQs that uses a procedure similar to my procedure, so all I
>have to say is "look for the information on the Brother website."
>But it's ugly -- they COULD fix the drivers to install the drivers
>in the correct directories in the first place.
>
>I have written Brother several times since I bought the printer
>(which must be ten or more years ago at this point) begging them to
>please update the drivers to work properly with the latest Ubuntu
>releases. They have responded politely, but noncommittally.
>
>I hope someday Brother might release the SANE drivers as open source
>to the SANE people so maybe someday we won't have to fiddle with
>these things any more.

That would be nice. Meanwhile, perhaps this will help all of us who
have Brother printer/scanners that aren't properly loved by Ubuntu.

-- 
Little Girl

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