- #Brother mfc 240c drivers for ubuntu how to#
- #Brother mfc 240c drivers for ubuntu install#
- #Brother mfc 240c drivers for ubuntu drivers#
All or most of the steps below are covered in various places on the Brother Linux Support website.Ĭonnect the printer via USB then power it on.Ĭreate required directories: mkdir -p /var/spool/lpd
#Brother mfc 240c drivers for ubuntu drivers#
I still wish I understood why it quit working after the update but I'll settle for it working again.This article covers the installation of drivers and utilities for the Brother MFC-7340 printer and scanner functions. to change permissions to my scanner device i would sudo chmod a+w /dev/bus/usb/002/002 Remember to change the $BUS and $DEVICE variables according to the lsusb output as described above. The syntax for changing permissions of the scanner device sudo chmod a+w /dev/bus/usb/$BUS/$DEVICE Artec Ultima 2000 (GT6801 based)/Lifetec LT9385 Scannerīus 005 Device 002: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)Īs you can see the scanner resides on Bus 002 as the second (002) device in my case. M-UV69a Optical Wheel Mouseīus 002 Device 002: ID 05d8:4002 Ultima Electronics Corp. find where your scanner is by using lsusb, then lsusbīus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c016 Logitech, Inc. (didn't tested scanning from the button yet, will update this)Įxcellent I just found this in another thread. been able to scan with the printer conected to de usb hub and not directly to de main USB?īTW, i get the I/O error when pluged to the usb hub. If i plug it directly to one of the main USB it works printing/scanning.
The issue i was having was that i had the printer pluged in a USB hub. So, the original packages worked 100% on Intrepid.
#Brother mfc 240c drivers for ubuntu install#
Thanksfully i could install the packages manualy (winstyle. (yes, im quite new to this, please be patient with me) So, instead of c/p lines, i tryied to understand what was going on. "dpkg: error processing mfc240clpr-1.0. (-install):Ĭannot access archive: No such file or directoryĮrrors were encountered while processing:
Ok, after trying all the tips on the tread, this is my result:ġ) sudo dpkg -i -force-architecture mfc240clpr-1.0. Great post by the way chrisby, really simplifies things! Thank you! Hope this helps all who are searching for a solution. Did for me once I figured out the intitial problem. Just scroll down to the proper printer and click on the file needed (deb extension), install them just as chrisby advised, and all should work well. Here is the page for the latest drivers for the printing side of the MFC-240C:
#Brother mfc 240c drivers for ubuntu how to#
I followed chrisby's how to and it worked well except that the url's here on one of these files was pointed to the wrong printer. The instructions from Brother's Website work fine for Hardy 32 bit, but for the lazy like me here they are without any of the other distro stuff:
Now plug your usb cable into the computer, and Ubuntu should automatically recognize the printer/scanner. Install mfc240ccupswrapper-1.0. fromĪnd to make the key on the printer work for scanning install brscan-skey-0.2. from Sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/cupsys /etc/init.d/lpd The instructions from Brother's Website work fine for Hardy 32 bit (or Intrepid 32 bit), but for the lazy like me here they are without any of the other distro stuff:
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