I am trying to install the driver for a Brother DSmobile 720D scanner in Ubuntu 14.04 but can't seem to find the driver anywhere. Is there a driver for this machine, or can anyone recommend a similar product that has drivers available in Ubuntu?
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You need to Download the Driver from The Brother Web Site
To check if you running 32bit or 64bit. run this command
uname -a
Result for 32-bit Ubuntu:
Linux discworld 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:50 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
whereas the 64-bit Ubuntu will show:
Linux discworld 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:50 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux if you are running a 32Bit version of Ubuntu.
run these commands if you are on 32bit
wget http://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf100975/libsane-dsseries_1.0.5-1_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i --force-all libsane-dsseries_1.0.5-1_i386.deb
if you are running 64Bit run these commands.
wget http://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf100976/libsane-dsseries_1.0.5-1_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i --force-all libsane-dsseries_1.0.5-1_amd64.deb
