[GTALUG] Help to setup for scanning

[Tim Tisdall]

I use a Brother printer at work, but it's been a long time since I set
it up.  I do remember that there were separate drivers for printing
and scanning.  I'm able to use "Simple Scan" in Ubuntu and it pulls
the scan from the machine.  I don't think I was able to get it to scan
from the printer and have it send to my machine.

You may have already seen this, but here's where all the driver files
are located:  http://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist.aspx?c=us&lang=en&prod=mfcj6510dw_all&os=128

It seems that to get the scanning to work from the printer end I would
have to also install the "scan key tool".  (not really a concern of
mine, though)

On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 10:37 AM, o1bigtenor <o1bigtenor at gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings
>
> I'm hoping that someone out there has achieved success and can point me to
> some pointers!
>
> I bought a Brother MFC-J6510DW largely because it can scan 11 x 17 inch
> documents (I have too many like that that I would like to get into
> electronic format!!).
>
> I can see the machine as a printer but cannot get the machine to scan a
> page. I have installed XSane 1.0.24 backend and XSane1.0.14 frontend. Tried
> running the ethernet cable through the router (a la network usage) and can't
> get anything useful to occu. I have also tried running the ethernet cable
> directly into my main machine (Debian testing) with also no joy. Have also
> contacted Brother support and although their website and the stickers on the
> machine laud their online chat and telephone support for linux its email
> support (if they can be bothered! (they are taking a very long time to
> respond!!)).
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> TIA
>
> Dee
>
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