brent so yes, the package I use is "brscan4" and the software is "Simple scan". Installing these should pull in the sane backends as a dependency.
Installing these will not immediately get the scanner detected: unlike printing there is no "network discovery" of scanners, so you must add it. You just need to know your printer/scanner's IP and run:
brsaneconfig4 -a name=br_j680dw model="MFC-J680DW" ip=<ip_address_of_printer>
The "name" is just a unique identifier, you could use "my_scanner" or anything descriptive. The model string also seems informational, you can set it to whatever you like I think. The IP is the important part. Once you have ran the above, try running the scanner application (Simple scan) and see if it can detect it.
