The 6 files being present and transfered seems to have done the trick. After copying the files over to the /usr/lib/ folder the scanner works fine. They must have been installed with the all-in-one installer, which hadn't been done on numerous installations of the 3 individual drivers. Upon checking the /usr/lib64 folder again though, there were the files - 3 standalones and 3 in a sane subfolder. After using Brother's all-in-one installer this time as you suggested, everything seemed to go well, although even after rebooting the scanner wasn't recognized and wouldn't start. I checked the /usr/lib64/ folder before using the installer program you suggested from the Brother site and the 6 listed files weren't in there. I had already added the 2 lines to the /lib/udev/rules.d/les" file and had checked for sane-utils being present. Printing no problem but wouldn't recognize scanner. Hadn't worked though with the new Mint18 64bit cinnamon.
#Gnu hp scanner drivers drivers#
Thanks observativetiger! In the past I've always installed the lpr, cupswrapper and brscan3 drivers separately using Brother's suggested methods and have had no problems. Thank you to everyone on this thread, all very important input!
#Gnu hp scanner drivers install#
I've dealt with this bug for several releases now, same as the op and others have indicated, the only difference being I'm using a MFC-7440N. Restart your computer, every thing should be fine now. That downloads the installation file and you find the remaining part of the installation instructions. Make sure your device is connected to your computer If you use a firewall: The following ports are required to be open. Sudo aa-complain cupsd (I'm not really sure if this has to be repeated, but it won't hurt) Sudo mkdir /usr/share/cups/model (Just the word model, not the model you have) You're prompted again and enter the same password.
#Gnu hp scanner drivers password#
That must be the password you usually use for root actions. When you've done this you're prompted to give a password. Then enter the following 2 lines just before the line LABEL="libsane_rules_end":ĪTTRS="yes" Execute: sudo gedit /lib/udev/rules.d/les