Brand new Mint 12 amd64 instl'n ==> Linux Mint 12 (Lisa) 3.0.0-12-generic gnome 3.2.1
All available updates installed as of today
Followed procedure from the Brother website, http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bs ... scn1a.html which I used in ubuntu before to the letter :–
install sane-utils
download the brscan3 file =>
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brscan3-0.2.11-4.amd64.deb
turn on printer/scanner then insert usb cable
install the driver with
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sudo dpkg -i –force-all brscan3-0.2.11-4.amd64.deb
check if driver is installed =>
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dpkg -l | grep Brother
modified the "
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/lib/udev/rules.d/40-libsane.rules
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# Brother scanners
ATTRS{idVendor}=="04f9", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes"
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# The following rule will disable ...
restarted the system
Used same Simple Scan program from the menus, that I'd used with ubuntu. Will not recognize scanner in Mint.
Installed the gnome users/groups program to get access to the groups settings.
Added my user name to the saned and scanners groups.
Restarted and tried Simple scan again – no luck.
Installed Skanlite and tried that program – no luck.
After searching around I check /etc/sane.d/dll.conf file for the Brother entry, which is apparently supposed to appear at the bottom of the file. There is a
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brother3
Don't know, where to go from here. Thanks

