install brother mfc7360n scanner

Question

I am looking to install brother MFC 7360.I have installed printer but as scanner concerned it is not working everytime when I try to run xsane it says device not connected, When I try to add brscan-skey to startup program it asks for command line. I am not sure what shall I write in command line. please help me thank and regards, Gourik Goswami

Answer 1

1. Download driver to this link.
2. Open terminal.
3. Go to folder with driver downloaded.
4. sudo dpkg -i --force-all** (scanner-drivername)
5. Now you can use your scanner.

Answer 2

For USB you have to edit the /lib/udev/rules.d/40-libsane.rules with root-rights and insert

Brother scanners

ATTRS{idVendor}=="04f9", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes"

in top of

"# The following rule will disable ..."

look at lsusb for the id like 04f9 is and save the file Restart udev sudo /etc/init.d/udev restart or sudo service udev restart

good luck mick

Answer 3

Follow instructions given in Brother website

In the download page, you should check for matching version (MFC-7360n), I think brscan4 should work.

Answer 4

I just got this printer and had the same problem...

I enabled printing (mahalo brother for supporting linux), but scanning was not forthcoming.

I installed the drivers provided by Brother:

http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_scn.html

And still nada...

After some work and research, I found that sane (Scanner Access Now Easy), the API that provides access to the scanner in GNU/Linux does not currently support scanner connectivity over the network.

So I hooked up my printer/scanner via USB and was able to connect, sort of... I also had to change the permissions of the device>

To find out where the printer was mounted:

lsusb

Output:

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 04f2:b175 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd 4-Port Hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:c52e Logitech, Inc. 
Bus 002 Device 007: ID 04f9:0270 Brother Industries, Ltd 

then changed the device permissions (full access for everyone):

chmod 777 /dev/bus/usb/002/007

Now I'm able to use the Ubuntu simple scan utility to do scanning as long as I'm connected via usb.

I'd love to know if anyone has any solutions for Network scanning on this model!