[ale] Document Scanner Recommendations

[jon.maddog.hall@gmail.com]

Hi,

Using Brother MFC-J6945DW Color Printer/Scanner with:

Kernel: 5.4.0-120-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 7.5.0 
           Desktop: Cinnamon 4.4.8 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia 
           base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 43892UU v: ThinkPad W510 serial: <filter> Chassis: 
           type: 10 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: LENOVO model: 43892UU serial: <filter> BIOS: LENOVO v: 6NET54WW (1.17 ) 
           date: 04/19/2010


Using WiFi to connect to Brother system.  I used SimpleScan and it works fine.
 
> On 06/20/2022 10:13 PM DJPfulio--- via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
> 
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> On 6/20/22 21:47, Jim Kinney via Ale wrote:
> > I'm 95% certain the brother stuff is config files and not closed
> > source binaries. And unpackager should be able the pull out the files
> > that can be used manually.
> 
> Maybe for network devices, but my USB MFC is most definitely NOT just config files. There are proprietary Brother packages and every new OS release requires tweaking some permissions, somewhere for them to work.  However, since the 4.15.x kernel, I've not been able to get scanning working ....
> 
> 
> except to USB passthru to a, cough, Windows virtual machine, cough.
> 
> There are two possible issue here, with one being more likely:
> a) I'm an idiot
> b) Brother drivers for the machine aren't updated anymore and haven't been for some years, so the binary drivers don't work under new OS libraries.
> 
> Hard to say which ...
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