Brother's printer/scanner drivers awkward to find and install
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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cups (Ubuntu) |
Opinion
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: cupsys
Hello,
I have the multifonction laser printer and scan Brother DCP-7030.
It works very well in Ubuntu, but with some hard configuration. Printer is automatically detected when connected in USB, but Ubuntu does not propose DCP-7030 drivers, only DCP-7025, and it doesn't work well.
To get DCP-7030 fully recognized and well printing / scanning, I have to do this (it's a short summary) :
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- Printer BROTHER DCP-7030 :
cd ~/desktop
sudo aa-complain cupsd
sudo mkdir /usr/share/
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sudo dpkg -i --force-all --force-
sudo dpkg -i --force-all --force-
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After that printer works
- SCANNING :
Install scan-key-tools / Brscan3
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sudo gedit /lib/udev/
sudo lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04f9:01a Brother Industries, Ltd
Go to dev/bus/usb : bus 1 and device 4 is root owned
Open it in Nautilus as root, change it to my user name and take ownership
Now Simple Scan works, Brother-DCP is seen.
But... big problem !
At each restart of Ubuntu or DCP Brother, permission resets and comes back to root, I have to change ownership and re-log each time, this is not nice...
Is it a way to "protect" the file against erasing or permission change ?
It's also true for other models than DCP-7030 (like DCP-7040...). I do not know if it is a Cups / Ubuntu "bug" or Openprinting missing for new drivers, but as Brother gives functional drivers for Linux, this should be easily implemented I hope, as more and more materials are natively identified in Ubuntu.
Thanks in advance for your help. Best regards,
Xavier
affects: | cupsys (Ubuntu) → cups (Ubuntu) |
summary: |
- Brother's printer drivers awkward to find and install + Brother's printer/scanner drivers awkward to find and install |
Changed in cups (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Scanner problem with root permission is reported since 2008 : /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ sane-backends/ +bug/217571
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This bug is not fully a duplicate because it's also concerning cups and missing driver automatic configuration of Brother DCP-7030 printer.