How to install my Brother DS-640 Scanner

[mintuser102]

Hey, I'm a complete newbie here. So far, I am loving Linux, but definitely have a lot to learn! I have a brother DSmobile DS-640 Scanner. And I have no idea how to install it. I'm running Linux Mint Vanessa. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance!!

[gittiest personITW]

Welcome to the forums.

With it plugged in, can you follow number 5 in the following link:
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=83444

Also could you let us know the output of the following command:

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lsusb

[mintuser102]

System:
Kernel: 5.15.0-53-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
Desktop: Cinnamon 5.4.12 tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: Mutter vt: 7
dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 21 Vanessa base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Apple product: iMac11,3 v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 13 v: Mac-F2238BAE
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Apple model: Mac-F2238BAE v: iMac11,3 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: Apple v: 99.0.0.0.0 date: 06/13/2019
CPU:
Info: quad core model: Intel Core i7 870 bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled
arch: Nehalem rev: 5 cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB L3: 8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1197 min/max: 1197/2927 boost: enabled cores: 1: 1197
2: 1197 3: 1197 4: 1197 5: 1197 6: 1197 7: 1197 8: 1197 bogomips: 46816
Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Broadway PRO [Mobility Radeon HD 5850]
vendor: Apple iMac MC511 driver: radeon v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s
lanes: 8 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:68a1 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Apple Built-in iSight type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 2-1.1:3 chip-ID: 05ac:8502 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 driver: X: loaded: ati,radeon
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa gpu: radeon display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 677x381mm (26.7x15.0")
s-diag: 777mm (30.6")
Monitor-1: eDP res: 2560x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 109
size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.2") diag: 685mm (27")
OpenGL:
renderer: AMD JUNIPER (DRM 2.50.0 / 5.15.0-53-generic LLVM 13.0.1)
v: 3.3 Mesa 22.0.5 compat-v: 3.1 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:3b56
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Juniper HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5700 Series] vendor: Apple
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 8
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aa58 class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-53-generic running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe driver: tg3
v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 02:00.0
chip-ID: 14e4:1684 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Apple AirPort Extreme driver: ath9k v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:002a class-ID: 0280
IF: wls1 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Apple Built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR HCI type: USB driver: btusb
v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-1.1.1:6 chip-ID: 05ac:8215 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter>
bt-v: 1.2 lmp-v: 2.1 sub-v: 21d0 hci-v: 2.1 rev: 206
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 118.18 GiB (12.7%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: PNY model: CS900 1TB SSD size: 931.51 GiB
speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 0KA3 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 915.32 GiB used: 118.18 GiB (12.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 5.2 MiB (1.0%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 3.7 MiB (0.2%) priority: -2
file: /swapfile
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 51.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 939
Repos:
Packages: apt: 2158
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com vanessa main upstream import backport
2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/softmaker.list
1: deb https://shop.softmaker.com/repo/apt stable non-free
Info:
Processes: 279 Uptime: 1d 16h 25m wakeups: 24 Memory: 19.53 GiB
used: 2.34 GiB (12.0%) Init: systemd v: 249 runlevel: 5 Compilers:
gcc: 11.3.0 alt: 11 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: gnome-terminal
inxi: 3.3.13








Bus 002 Device 011: ID 04f9:0468 Brother Industries, Ltd DS-640
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 062a:4102 MosArt Semiconductor Corp. Wireless Mouse
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 05ac:8242 Apple, Inc. Built-in IR Receiver
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 05ac:8502 Apple, Inc. Built-in iSight
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0424:2514 Microchip Technology, Inc. (formerly SMSC) USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 1c4f:0002 SiGma Micro Keyboard TRACER Gamma Ivory
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05ac:8403 Apple, Inc. Internal Memory Card Reader
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 05ac:8215 Apple, Inc. Built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR HCI
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:2514 Microchip Technology, Inc. (formerly SMSC) USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

[Olaf2020]

try to download and install the driver .deb

https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloa ... &type3=566

[mintuser102]

I was able to download the driver. But the instructions to install read like a foreign language to me. I'm pretty sure I open the terminal. After that I'm not sure. Following are the instructions from the Brother website:

Login as a superuser (or use "sudo" option if required) .
 
Install the driver.

Turn on your MFC/DCP and connect the USB cable.
Open the terminal and go to the directory where the driver is.
Install the scanner driver.
Command (for dpkg) : dpkg -i --force-all  (scanner-drivername)
Check if the driver is installed.
Command (for dpkg) : dpkg -l | grep Brother

[Olaf2020]

download the package brscan5-1.2.11-0.amd64.deb by default it goes in the download folder then install it with this

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cd Downloads && sudo dpkg -i --force-all brscan5-1.2.11-0.amd64.deb

or in alternative download directly in /home the package and install with this one command

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wget https://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf104033/brscan5-1.2.11-0.amd64.deb && sudo dpkg -i --force-all brscan5-1.2.11-0.amd64.deb

[mintuser102]

It worked! Thank you for helping me out!!

[Olaf2020]

Nice, don't forget to mark the First post as [Solved] bye