benji88i
*I can't tell from that tutorial karypid gave you if he/she had used the Alien software to help them. I never heard of it and I don't know what it does. Other than that it was a great solution. Someone would have to walk you through it. I thought a cracked open deb would work better than rpm. but just goes to show.
*Since you own the printer/scanner(s), @JoshStrobl 's advice to throw yourself at the mercy of T83 (read that dev tracker thread) is a great idea. It worked for me. But my Brother didn't have a scanner. It would make you 50% complete since I don't think they do scanners at T83 but it's been a while since I've been there.
*you never said what you did try from the solus repo. They have some Brother drivers that might work. They also have a brother scanner package. Install a package called sane-backends, this might help. Did you do any experimenting in repo?
*A note about Brother printers. Go online to brother and find the service manual of your printer. Chances are good there will be 6 models listed as the same printer on the PDF brochure cover. Maybe the numbers are regional designations? ( I don't have a clue.) Maybe your number will be in the group of 6 and will work after all (or a number close enough.) Printer model driver swap-outs are successful for many.
CONS about this solution if a 'close-enough' number works: it will make the printer work, not the scanner.
PROS about this solution if a 'close enough' number works: you only have to worry about the scanner and scanner-only threads online are plenty for linux. A 2-part solution is not the worst thing that can happen.
I'm stubborn and my immediate plan if I was you would be proactive as to making this work with linux--it can be done with more research.
If money is not a problem, I believe anything HP is much more Linux-friendly than other brands. I base this on what I believe to be an absence of My-HP-Printer-And-Scanner-Does-Not-Work-With-Solus threads on this forum. Or that I can remember.
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