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MFC-8870DW

FAQs & Troubleshooting

FAQs & Troubleshooting

I'm using Ubuntu 11.10 or higher. I cannot scan from my Brother Machine. (Linux)

Install the scan driver.

 

Copy the following files under /usr/lib64/ to /usr/lib/.

 

For brscan Users:

/usr/lib64/libbrcolm.so.1.0.1
/usr/lib64/libbrscandec.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/sane/libsane-brother.so.1.0.7
/usr/lib64/sane/libsane-brother.so
/usr/lib64/sane/libsane-brother.so.1
/usr/lib64/libbrscandec.so.1
/usr/lib64/libbrcolm.so
/usr/lib64/libbrcolm.so.1
/usr/lib64/libbrscandec.so
 

For brscan2 Users:

/usr/lib64/libbrscandec2.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/sane/libsane-brother2.so.1.0.7
/usr/lib64/sane/libsane-brother2.so.1
/usr/lib64/sane/libsane-brother2.so
/usr/lib64/libbrcolm2.so.1.0.1
/usr/lib64/libbrcolm2.so
/usr/lib64/libbrscandec2.so.1
/usr/lib64/libbrscandec2.so
/usr/lib64/libbrcolm2.so.1
 

For brscan3 Users:

/usr/lib64/libbrscandec3.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/sane/libsane-brother3.so.1.0.7
/usr/lib64/sane/libsane-brother3.so.1
/usr/lib64/sane/libsane-brother3.so
/usr/lib64/libbrscandec3.so
/usr/lib64/libbrscandec3.so.1
 

 

Example
command(For brscan3 Users):

 

cp /usr/lib64/libbrscandec3.so.1.0.0 /usr/lib
cp /usr/lib64/sane/libsane-brother3.so.1.0.7 /usr/lib/sane
cp /usr/lib64/sane/libsane-brother3.so.1 /usr/lib/sane
cp /usr/lib64/sane/libsane-brother3.so /usr/lib/sane
cp /usr/lib64/libbrscandec3.so /usr/lib
cp /usr/lib64/libbrscandec3.so.1 /usr/lib

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