Brother MFC-J870DW [Solved]

[VitalM]

Hi Everyone,

I've been a Windows user all my life, and this is my first time ever using Linux. Please be patient with me as I'm just a 1 day old user, and need step by step instructions. I chose Linux MX because it was the only one among all available distros that configured my 2 laptops hardware without any issues. I installed on 2 very old laptops (Dell Inspiron 1501 with a 64 Bit AMD Sempron processor and a Dell Inspiron E1505 with a 32 Bit Intel Centrino processor ) the latest Xfce kernels 64 bit and 32 bit versions respectively. Both laptops recognized and print correctly to my Brother multi-function (Printer, scanner, fax and copier) network printer MFC-J870DW. However, neither of the 2 laptops have been able to recognize the scanner nor fax over the network.

I went to Brother support website for the printer (https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloa ... Dg0OTQyNjU.) and downloaded and installed (I just clicked on the downloaded file and followed the installation instructions) on the 64 big laptop the "Scanner driver 64bit (deb package)" V 12/21/2021 (0.4.11-1) and tried to scan with the Document Scanner app, but it didn't work. I then downloaded and installed the same way the "Scan-key-tool 64bit (deb package)" V 01/25/2021 (0.3.1-2), but it didn't work either.

I then installed gscan2pdf since I read somewhere in this forum to try that application, but it didn't work either.

I tried to follow the "How to Install" instructions at the Brother website for each driver despite I believe that MX installed them when I clicked on them, but anyway, I don't know how to execute them.

Can someone help me install the driver or software needed to scan and send faxes?

I would greatly appreciate your help.

Here is my QSI

Code: Select all

System:    Kernel: 5.10.0-20-686-pae [5.10.158-2] i686 bits: 32 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-20-686-pae 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.18.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.18.0 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.3_386 Wildflower January 15  2023 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Portable System: Dell product: MM061 v: N/A serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 8 
           serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Dell model: 0XD720 serial: <filter> BIOS: Dell v: A17 date: 06/13/2007 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 17.8 Wh (20.0%) condition: 88.9/86.6 Wh (102.7%) volts: 7.5 
           min: 11.1 model: Sanyo DELL00 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Charging 
CPU:       Info: Dual Core model: Intel T2500 bits: 32 type: MCP arch: M Yonah family: 6 
           model-id: E (14) stepping: 8 microcode: 39 cache: L2: 2 MiB 
           flags: nx pae sse sse2 sse3 vmx bogomips: 7989 
           Speed: 1324 MHz min/max: 1000/2000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1324 2: 1321 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: EPT disabled 
           Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT disabled 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations 
           Type: retbleed status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass status: Not affected 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 
           mitigation: Retpolines, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: AMD RV515/M54 [Mobility Radeon X1400] vendor: Dell driver: radeon v: kernel 
           bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:7145 class-ID: 0300 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver: 
           loaded: ati,radeon unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1680x1050 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 444x278mm (17.5x10.9") 
           s-diag: 524mm (20.6") 
           Monitor-1: LVDS res: 1680x1050 hz: 60 dpi: 129 size: 330x210mm (13.0x8.3") 
           diag: 391mm (15.4") 
           OpenGL: renderer: ATI RV515 v: 2.1 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Dell 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:27d8 class-ID: 0403 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.0-20-686-pae running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Broadcom BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX vendor: Dell Inspiron 6400 driver: b44 
           v: kernel port: ee00 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:170c class-ID: 0200 
           Device-2: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network driver: iwl3945 v: in-tree:s 
           modules: wl port: ee00 bus-ID: 0b:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:4222 class-ID: 0280 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
           IF-ID-1: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Bluetooth: Device-1: Dell Wireless 350 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 4-2:2 
           chip-ID: 413c:8103 class-ID: fe01 
           Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 1.2 lmp-v: 2.0 
           sub-v: 976 hci-v: 2.0 rev: 976 
           Info: acl-mtu: 384:8 sco-mtu: 64:8 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park 
           link-mode: slave accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 133.89 GiB used: 7.62 GiB (5.7%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Silicon Power model: SPCC Solid State Disk 
           size: 119.24 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: <unknown> type: SSD 
           serial: <filter> rev: 5 scheme: MBR 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB model: N/A size: 14.65 GiB block-size: 
           physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 2.00 scheme: MBR 
           SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure? 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 59.35 GiB size: 58.12 GiB (97.92%) used: 5.8 GiB (10.0%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 
Swap:      Alert: No swap data was found. 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C mobo: N/A sodimm: SODIMM C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2509 
Repos:     Packages: note: see --pkg apt: 1955 lib: 982 flatpak: 0 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
Info:      Processes: 223 Uptime: 1h 18m wakeups: 2 Memory: 1.97 GiB used: 1.76 GiB (89.5%) 
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: N/A 
           alt: 10 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.1.4-release inxi: 3.3.06 
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

[fehlix]

Hi Everyone,

I've been a Windows user all my life, and this is my first time ever using Linux. Please be patient with me as I'm just a 1 day old user, and need step by step instructions. I chose Linux MX because it was the only one among all available distros that configured my 2 laptops hardware without any issues. I installed on 2 very old laptops (Dell Inspiron 1501 with a 64 Bit AMD Sempron processor and a Dell Inspiron E1505 with a 32 Bit Intel Centrino processor ) the latest Xfce kernels 64 bit and 32 bit versions respectively. Both laptops recognized and print correctly to my Brother multi-function (Printer, scanner, fax and copier) network printer MFC-J870DW. However, neither of the 2 laptops have been able to recognize the scanner nor fax over the network.

I went to Brother support website for the printer (https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloa ... Dg0OTQyNjU.) and downloaded and installed (I just clicked on the downloaded file and followed the installation instructions) on the 64 big laptop the "Scanner driver 64bit (deb package)" V 12/21/2021 (0.4.11-1) and tried to scan with the Document Scanner app, but it didn't work. I then downloaded and installed the same way the "Scan-key-tool 64bit (deb package)" V 01/25/2021 (0.3.1-2), but it didn't work either.

I then installed gscan2pdf since I read somewhere in this forum to try that application, but it didn't work either.

I tried to follow the "How to Install" instructions at the Brother website for each driver despite I believe that MX installed them when I clicked on them, but anyway, I don't know how to execute them.

Can someone help me install the driver or software needed to scan and send faxes?

I would greatly appreciate your help.

Here is my QSI

Code: Select all

System:    Kernel: 5.10.0-20-686-pae [5.10.158-2] i686 bits: 32 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-20-686-pae 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.18.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.18.0 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.3_386 Wildflower January 15  2023 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Portable System: Dell product: MM061 v: N/A serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 8 
           serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Dell model: 0XD720 serial: <filter> BIOS: Dell v: A17 date: 06/13/2007 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 17.8 Wh (20.0%) condition: 88.9/86.6 Wh (102.7%) volts: 7.5 
           min: 11.1 model: Sanyo DELL00 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Charging 
CPU:       Info: Dual Core model: Intel T2500 bits: 32 type: MCP arch: M Yonah family: 6 
           model-id: E (14) stepping: 8 microcode: 39 cache: L2: 2 MiB 
           flags: nx pae sse sse2 sse3 vmx bogomips: 7989 
           Speed: 1324 MHz min/max: 1000/2000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1324 2: 1321 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: EPT disabled 
           Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT disabled 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations 
           Type: retbleed status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass status: Not affected 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 
           mitigation: Retpolines, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: AMD RV515/M54 [Mobility Radeon X1400] vendor: Dell driver: radeon v: kernel 
           bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:7145 class-ID: 0300 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver: 
           loaded: ati,radeon unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1680x1050 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 444x278mm (17.5x10.9") 
           s-diag: 524mm (20.6") 
           Monitor-1: LVDS res: 1680x1050 hz: 60 dpi: 129 size: 330x210mm (13.0x8.3") 
           diag: 391mm (15.4") 
           OpenGL: renderer: ATI RV515 v: 2.1 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Dell 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:27d8 class-ID: 0403 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.0-20-686-pae running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Broadcom BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX vendor: Dell Inspiron 6400 driver: b44 
           v: kernel port: ee00 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:170c class-ID: 0200 
           Device-2: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network driver: iwl3945 v: in-tree:s 
           modules: wl port: ee00 bus-ID: 0b:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:4222 class-ID: 0280 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
           IF-ID-1: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Bluetooth: Device-1: Dell Wireless 350 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 4-2:2 
           chip-ID: 413c:8103 class-ID: fe01 
           Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 1.2 lmp-v: 2.0 
           sub-v: 976 hci-v: 2.0 rev: 976 
           Info: acl-mtu: 384:8 sco-mtu: 64:8 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park 
           link-mode: slave accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 133.89 GiB used: 7.62 GiB (5.7%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Silicon Power model: SPCC Solid State Disk 
           size: 119.24 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: <unknown> type: SSD 
           serial: <filter> rev: 5 scheme: MBR 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB model: N/A size: 14.65 GiB block-size: 
           physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 2.00 scheme: MBR 
           SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure? 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 59.35 GiB size: 58.12 GiB (97.92%) used: 5.8 GiB (10.0%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 
Swap:      Alert: No swap data was found. 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C mobo: N/A sodimm: SODIMM C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2509 
Repos:     Packages: note: see --pkg apt: 1955 lib: 982 flatpak: 0 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
Info:      Processes: 223 Uptime: 1h 18m wakeups: 2 Memory: 1.97 GiB used: 1.76 GiB (89.5%) 
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: N/A 
           alt: 10 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.1.4-release inxi: 3.3.06 
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

I do normaly install brother related printer and scan-driver using a script mentioned in the MX Wiki MX Wiki - Brother which seems to work always for me.
Sometimes the brother provided printer driver do work better than the one's which maybe available with the system. In case it is network located printer/scanner, I found the most reliable way to have a fixed IP-address of the printer/scanner.
In case of USB-connected device the small number of tests I made with brother printer/scanner on USB seem all to work. I think I made some experiments with ScanKey to trigger the scan but as I not really need these function, didn't looked much into this, b/c I normal start the scan from MX Linux PC.
Also sending fax was something I didn't test much, b/c I prefer to send fax manually .

[asqwerth]

For scanner, installing the .deb driver is usually not enough. You then have to run some commands to point the driver to the location (IP address) of the scanner. The commands can be found in the the download page for the scanner driver of your Brother model.

Pay attention to the part addressing network users. Those are the commands to point the driver to the IP location of your scanner/MFC.

[VitalM]

Hi Everyone,

I've been a Windows user all my life, and this is my first time ever using Linux. Please be patient with me as I'm just a 1 day old user, and need step by step instructions. I chose Linux MX because it was the only one among all available distros that configured my 2 laptops hardware without any issues. I installed on 2 very old laptops (Dell Inspiron 1501 with a 64 Bit AMD Sempron processor and a Dell Inspiron E1505 with a 32 Bit Intel Centrino processor ) the latest Xfce kernels 64 bit and 32 bit versions respectively. Both laptops recognized and print correctly to my Brother multi-function (Printer, scanner, fax and copier) network printer MFC-J870DW. However, neither of the 2 laptops have been able to recognize the scanner nor fax over the network.

I went to Brother support website for the printer (https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloa ... Dg0OTQyNjU.) and downloaded and installed (I just clicked on the downloaded file and followed the installation instructions) on the 64 big laptop the "Scanner driver 64bit (deb package)" V 12/21/2021 (0.4.11-1) and tried to scan with the Document Scanner app, but it didn't work. I then downloaded and installed the same way the "Scan-key-tool 64bit (deb package)" V 01/25/2021 (0.3.1-2), but it didn't work either.

I then installed gscan2pdf since I read somewhere in this forum to try that application, but it didn't work either.

I tried to follow the "How to Install" instructions at the Brother website for each driver despite I believe that MX installed them when I clicked on them, but anyway, I don't know how to execute them.

Can someone help me install the driver or software needed to scan and send faxes?

I would greatly appreciate your help.

Here is my QSI

Code: Select all

System:    Kernel: 5.10.0-20-686-pae [5.10.158-2] i686 bits: 32 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-20-686-pae 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.18.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.18.0 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-21.3_386 Wildflower January 15  2023 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:   Type: Portable System: Dell product: MM061 v: N/A serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 8 
           serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: Dell model: 0XD720 serial: <filter> BIOS: Dell v: A17 date: 06/13/2007 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 17.8 Wh (20.0%) condition: 88.9/86.6 Wh (102.7%) volts: 7.5 
           min: 11.1 model: Sanyo DELL00 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Charging 
CPU:       Info: Dual Core model: Intel T2500 bits: 32 type: MCP arch: M Yonah family: 6 
           model-id: E (14) stepping: 8 microcode: 39 cache: L2: 2 MiB 
           flags: nx pae sse sse2 sse3 vmx bogomips: 7989 
           Speed: 1324 MHz min/max: 1000/2000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1324 2: 1321 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: EPT disabled 
           Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT disabled 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations 
           Type: retbleed status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass status: Not affected 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 
           mitigation: Retpolines, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: AMD RV515/M54 [Mobility Radeon X1400] vendor: Dell driver: radeon v: kernel 
           bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:7145 class-ID: 0300 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.18.0 driver: 
           loaded: ati,radeon unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1680x1050 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 444x278mm (17.5x10.9") 
           s-diag: 524mm (20.6") 
           Monitor-1: LVDS res: 1680x1050 hz: 60 dpi: 129 size: 330x210mm (13.0x8.3") 
           diag: 391mm (15.4") 
           OpenGL: renderer: ATI RV515 v: 2.1 Mesa 20.3.5 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Dell 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:27d8 class-ID: 0403 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.0-20-686-pae running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Broadcom BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX vendor: Dell Inspiron 6400 driver: b44 
           v: kernel port: ee00 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:170c class-ID: 0200 
           Device-2: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network driver: iwl3945 v: in-tree:s 
           modules: wl port: ee00 bus-ID: 0b:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:4222 class-ID: 0280 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
           IF-ID-1: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Bluetooth: Device-1: Dell Wireless 350 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 4-2:2 
           chip-ID: 413c:8103 class-ID: fe01 
           Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 1.2 lmp-v: 2.0 
           sub-v: 976 hci-v: 2.0 rev: 976 
           Info: acl-mtu: 384:8 sco-mtu: 64:8 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff park 
           link-mode: slave accept service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 133.89 GiB used: 7.62 GiB (5.7%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Silicon Power model: SPCC Solid State Disk 
           size: 119.24 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: <unknown> type: SSD 
           serial: <filter> rev: 5 scheme: MBR 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB model: N/A size: 14.65 GiB block-size: 
           physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 2.00 scheme: MBR 
           SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure? 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 59.35 GiB size: 58.12 GiB (97.92%) used: 5.8 GiB (10.0%) fs: ext4 
           dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 
Swap:      Alert: No swap data was found. 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C mobo: N/A sodimm: SODIMM C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2509 
Repos:     Packages: note: see --pkg apt: 1955 lib: 982 flatpak: 0 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bullseye main non-free
Info:      Processes: 223 Uptime: 1h 18m wakeups: 2 Memory: 1.97 GiB used: 1.76 GiB (89.5%) 
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.96 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: N/A 
           alt: 10 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.1.4-release inxi: 3.3.06 
Boot Mode: BIOS (legacy, CSM, MBR)

I do normaly install brother related printer and scan-driver using a script mentioned in the MX Wiki MX Wiki - Brother which seems to work always for me.
Sometimes the brother provided printer driver do work better than the one's which maybe available with the system. In case it is network located printer/scanner, I found the most reliable way to have a fixed IP-address of the printer/scanner.
In case of USB-connected device the small number of tests I made with brother printer/scanner on USB seem all to work. I think I made some experiments with ScanKey to trigger the scan but as I not really need these function, didn't looked much into this, b/c I normal start the scan from MX Linux PC.
Also sending fax was something I didn't test much, b/c I prefer to send fax manually .

Thanks Fehlix for the reply! I tried to follow your Brother-Printer-Installer-Helper Script, but I wouldn't know what to do it or how to execute it. It's completely out of my league.
Anyway, I was able to install the printer and scanner following the simple instructions at the Brother's website for my printer, and voila! it work perfectly! And now I have them installed in both of my laptops (32 and 64 bits). Thank you again for your help! I greatly appreciate it!

[VitalM]

For scanner, installing the .deb driver is usually not enough. You then have to run some commands to point the driver to the location (IP address) of the scanner. The commands can be found in the the download page for the scanner driver of your Brother model.

Pay attention to the part addressing network users. Those are the commands to point the driver to the IP location of your scanner/MFC.

Thank you asqwrth for the guidance on installing the drivers. I was able to install the printer and scanner following the simple instructions at the Brother's website for my printer, and it indeed work flawlessly. Now I have them installed in both of my laptops (32 and 64 bits). Thank you again for your assistance! I greatly appreciate it!

[CharlesV]

Welcome in @VitalM Good job at making that install work!! ( and hope you find MX to be a great ride! Its a great OS! )

And please mark your post as solved so others might find the solution useful. Thank you.
( Click on the Check Mark in the top right on the post that resolved it.)

[geordiejohn]

i ran this script and all working fine now,
Brother-Printer-Installer-Helper Script
thank you Everyone.

[geordiejohn]

My mistake after running the script it printed a test page but when I tried to print a hospital appointment letter no luck,I don't know what to do next?
I typed test test on text but still not printing?
Thank you.

[fehlix]

My mistake after running the script it printed a test page but when I tried to print a hospital appointment letter no luck,I don't know what to do next?
I typed test test on text but still not printing?
Thank you.

Suggest open a new thread with details and a descriptive topic title

* QSI Quick System Info

* Printer Model

* Show printer settings (maybe capture printer settings window)

This is to avoid hijacking other users thread, which is already marked as solved.
Thanks

[geordiejohn]

OK thank you.