MFC-8870DW

FAQs & Troubleshooting

I cannot scan with brscan, brscan2, or brscan3 via USB (Linux)

Make sure you have installed the "libusb-0.1.4" library:

Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install libusb-0.1-4
openSUSE: sudo zypper install libusb-0_1-4

Fedora Users

See also "I'm using Fedora 28. I cannot scan from my Brother Machine or it says that it cannot find the Brother Machine. (Linux)"