Hi Dee:
Sorry - - - scanning is quite useful for me and I sure would like a way to make it work connected to my Linux box!
Haven't had much luck so far.
Hmm, hadn't realized you were still stuck. In your /etc/sane.d/ folder, there should be a .conf file for your scanner. Mine is different from yours, but the relevant lines look like this (from epson2.conf): # Detect all devices supported by the backend. # If you don't have a SCSI device, you can comment out the "scsi" # keyword. Similarly for the other keywords. # usb scsi net 192.168.2.68 You need to set the 'net' entry to the IP address of your scanner. (You can ping your printer, yes? I mean, if it's not even seen on the network, you have to address this first. You're also using an x86 or x86_64 Linux box, yes? Scanner binary support for ARM is mostly no go, so Raspberry Pis are right out.) For good measure, I have $SANE_DEFAULT_DEVICE set to: epson2:net:192.168.2.68 Your scanner might use the brscan or brscan2 driver, so you'll be looking for something like /etc/sane.d/brscan*conf. Also, your scanner backend needs to be listed in /etc/sane.d/dll.conf for sane to find it. The 'sane-find-scanner' tool may not find your scanner, but with me, xsane does. With that environment variable set, you can then do something like this: scanimage > blort.pbm to scan the page at 75 dpi, b&w. If all of that doesn't work, you may have to resort to scanning to a network share. I think that the MFC-J6510DW shares its memory card using CIFS. Stick an SD in the scanner, browse your network, and see what you find. This latter option is by no means bad: I've used it to scan thousands of pages of bank statements and other receipts. You don't get a tonne of control over the scan format, but it's quick. If even all this fails, it's telephone support, I'm afraid. It's so much cheaper to provide this than e-mail support, and that's why Brother are so keen on it. cheers, Stewart