Wiki source code of Scanning with brother MFC

Last modified by Thomas Coelho on 2023/02/27 14:48

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Thomas Coelho 2.1 1 In order to use the scan function of one of the institutes printer, you need to be permitted first. Therefor please contact your system administrator.
2 If you are already permitted to scan, you still need to setup your printer of choice.
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Thomas Coelho 2.1 4 === Add your printer ===
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6 Open a terminal and add your printer
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8 {{{brsaneconfig4 -a name=[device name] model=[model name] ip=[IP address of the printer]
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10 Example: brsaneconfig4 -a name=psGV model=MFC-L5700DN ip=10.62.0.25}}}
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Thomas Coelho 1.1 12 Get the IP address of your printer
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Thomas Coelho 2.1 14 {{{ping [device name]}}}
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Thomas Coelho 2.1 16 Now if you open a scan software like scanlite or xsane, you are able to choose from all the printers you've added before.[[~[~[image:xsane_printer.png~|~|data-xwiki-image-style-alignment="end" width="300px"~]~]>>File:xsane_printer.png]]