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On 12/10/2023 01:22 PM, gene heskett
wrote:
On
12/10/23 10:47, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
I have just reinstalled Bookworm.
Unfortunately, when I tru tto use synaptic I get the following
error:
E: The package brscan4 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find
an archive for it.
E: Internal error opening cache (1). Please report.
Unfortunately, Google has not been of any help.
A solution to the problem would be appreciated.
Tanks in advance.
A solution may already exist on your machine if it knows about
brscan.
Brother has a deb containing their smartinstaller as a bash
script, named in my case "linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.1-1" or
your can get the latest version from brothers sites, visit with
firefox.
Unpack it, run it from a cli, it asks for the model number string
of the printer or scanner, goes to brother'sown linux repo and
downloads the latest version available for that device and
installs and configures it to Just Work with cups IF you have
removed cups-browsed thereby disallowing cups from setting up the
default printer driver which cannot drive the printer in anything
but waste paper mode. Brothers own drivers support every feature
the printer has, accessible from the web interface cups serves at
localhost:631. Despite the poor publicity I've seen about factory
drivers, brothers drivers for linux work 100% here. Linux support
is excellent for their products.
Cheers, Gene Heskett.
Gene
Thank you for your encouraging reply. I have the Brother MCF-L2710DW
Laser printer and am very pleased with it. I followed your
directions and ran:
sudo bash linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.3-1
Here are the CUPS results:
| Description: |
MFCL2710DW |
| Location: |
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| Driver: |
Brother MFCL2710DW for CUPS (grayscale,
2-sided printing)
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| Connection: |
dnssd://Brother%20MFC-L2710DW%20series._ipp._tcp.local/?uuid=e3248000-80ce-11db-8000-b42200417fc9 |
| Defaults: |
job-sheets=none, none
media=iso_a4_210x297mm
sides=one-sided
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I ran "Prnt Test Page" anmd got:
| Description: |
MFCL2710DW |
| Location: |
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| Driver: |
Brother MFCL2710DW for CUPS (grayscale,
2-sided printing)
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| Connection: |
dnssd://Brother%20MFC-L2710DW%20series._ipp._tcp.local/?uuid=e3248000-80ce-11db-8000-b42200417fc9 |
| Defaults: |
job-sheets=none, none
media=iso_a4_210x297mm
sides=one-sided |
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