[olug] Linux-friendly hardware question - stand-alone FAX machine

[Dan Linder]

Well, that was easier than I remember. :)

Here's my writeup:
    http://www.linder.org/blog/2011/11/21/brother-can-you-scan-a-dime.html

Here's the sites/references I used:
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http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_scn.html
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http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/instruction_scn1.html

My steps:
1: Download the drivers from the Brother website.
2: Install the driver:
   sudo dpkg -i /home/dan/Downloads/brscan3-0.2.11-4.amd64.deb
3: Configure the driver:
   brsaneconfig3  -a  name=BrotherScanner model=MFC-295CN ip=192.168.1.15
   (My printer is at 192.168.1.15)
4: Try a test scan:
   For this I used "Simple Scan": Applications -> Graphics -> Simple scan.

Very easy in my case...

Dan

On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 09:22, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
> The 295 does have a scan-to-USB-stick that I actually use more than
> the other scan-to-___ features.  My opinion is that I have to walk
> over to the scanner to load the page(s), I might as well save it
> locally too.
>
> I'll play with the scan-to-PC features under Ubuntu tonight to see what I
get.
>
> Dan
>
> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 22:33, Rob Townley <rob.townley at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dan,
>>
>> Thanks for letting me know.  That is encouraging news.
>> in the past, i had to install hundreds of megabytes of bloat in order to
>> ScanToPC which i never understood because i just want to save to a file
>> share or sftp share or otherwise use a well known communication protocol.
>> My eyefi card and cell phone can save to a file share, why can't all
>> networked scanners.  On the faxing side, T.38 still does not seem to be
>> well known in the faxing industry but at least it would be a standard
>> protocol.
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 16:45, Rob Townley <rob.townley at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:> Dan, how is that Brother holding up?>> Do you send faxes or
>>> scans over the network with it?
>>> Both of my Brother printers (the HL-2700CN color laser, and the
>>> MFC-295CN inkjet fax/scanner/printer) are doing great.
>>>
>>> I finally replaced the original ink cartridges in the 295, bought a
>>> set of 12 cartridges (three of each color) from an Amazon re-seller
>>> for about $20 total.  I was suspect of the quality based on the price,
>>> but they have good color and that was 6+ months ago and I'm still on
>>> the first set.  It's now a fraction of the TCO when it comes to my
>>> past HP InkJet printers.
>>>
>>> Both printers are easy to setup as network printers under Ubuntu.  The
>>> network scanner and print-to-FAX with the 295 hasn't been
>>> re-configured since I did a full re-install of 11.10.  From memory, I
>>> believe both the scanning and print-to-FAX worked, but I'll have to
>>> re-configure them to confirm.
>>>
>>> (For those interested, the print-to-FAX and network scanning under
>>> Windows 7 works quite well.  I don't do much of either of those, but I
>>> have done network scanning and it's easy and quick.)
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
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"I do not fear computers, I fear the lack of them."
    -- Isaac Asimov (Author)
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