Brother printer/scanner: Get scanner working

[anon89577378]

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but when I want to scan for example with NAPS2 the program said no available scanner.

I have a Brother multifunction laser printer, scanner, and copier.

My device assigns its own IP address, and can be seen in the Brother admin app.

Take a look in your admin app and see if your device is showing an IP.

I assigned that IP as a static address in my OpenWrt router, and have had no issues scanning.

[xtend_payaa]

@slh

Brother scanners are… difficult. They're rarely supported in opensource sane, sometimes you get a proprietary backend (brother/ brother2), but those are for x86 only, while your router probably isn't x86…

Intel G4400T with Openwrt OpenWrt 21.02.1 x86_64.

@anon89577378

I have a Brother multifunction laser printer, scanner, and copier.

My device assigns its own IP address, and can be seen in the Brother admin app.

Take a look in your admin app and see if your device is showing an IP.

I assigned that IP as a static address in my OpenWrt router, and have had no issues scanning.

Thank you mate! But my printer from 2008 Yours is from 2018 (release date) so mine don't have any admin app nor IP address

[slh]

Ah, I missed the that OP's DCP7055 printer should indeed have a LAN port, which should provide the golden ticket here, as it means OpenWrt doesn't need to be involved with this device at all (other than providing it access to the network).

[Toutatis]

Hi there,
I am the OP. "Happy" to see the need is still here after 4 years. You are welcome.
After a lot of tries, I gave up to find a solution.

@slh

Brother scanners are… difficult. They're rarely supported in opensource sane, sometimes you get a proprietary backend (brother/ brother2), but those are for x86 only, while your router probably isn't x86…

I was thinking that with Openwrt usbip packages it could be done but I am not skilled enough to find a solution.
I was thinking to use a usb/ethernet adapter, they are not expensive now. Does someone try it? What model?