Brother's scanner is not working on Ubuntu 12.10 32-bits

Question

I have a brother DCP J125

I have downloaded and installed the scanner driver but Simple Scan shows that it couldn't detect any scanner.

I'm running on Ubuntu 12.10 32bits, the steps show in the Brother FAQ do not work for me as I can't find the lib64 folder.

Can anyone help me?

Answer 1

HOW TO INSTALL PRINTER/SCANNER Brother DCP-J125 DRIVERS ON UBUNTU 12.10 64-BIT / 32-BIT

INSTALLING PRINTER DRIVER

1. Install 32-bit library - ia32-libs through Ubuntu Software Center.

   Search under "ia32-libs" or "multiarc"

   For 32 bit Ubuntu : Skip step 1 .

2. Download LPdriver dcpj125lpr-1.1.3-1.i386 and cupswrapper dcpj125cupswrapper-1.1.3-1.i386 (the debian versions) from

   http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html#DCP-J125

3. Make directories first

   sudo mkdir /var/spool/lpd
   
   sudo mkdir /var/spool/lpd/dcpj125
   

4. Install dcpj125lpr-1.1.3-1.i386 :

   sudo dpkg -i --force-all  dcpj125lpr-1.1.3-1.i386.deb
   
   For 32 bit Ubuntu : just click to install
   

5. Install dcpj125cupswrapper-1.1.3-1.i386

   sudo dpkg -i --force-all  dcpj125cupswrapper-1.1.3-1.i386.deb
   
   For 32 bit Ubuntu : just click to install
   

6. Turn on printer

7. Add printer in Printing - Brother DCP-J125

INSTALLING SCANNER DRIVER

1. Download brscan3 64bit and scan-key-tool 64 bit (debian versions) from

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

2. Click on both files and install them through Ubuntu Software Center

3. Ignore warnings and install.

4. On terminal type:

     sudo gedit /lib/udev/rules.d/40-libsane.rules
   

5. Add the following two lines to the end of the device list.
   (Before the line "# The following rule will disable ..."): If there is "LABEL="libsane_rules_end"", add the following 2 lines before "LABEL="libsane_rules_end"".

   The lines to be added :

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

6. Save and Restart the OS.

Works for Simple Scan, XSane, sane-pygtk and perhaps others too..