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I have my brother MFC240C installed but it won't scan.

Asked by Rob VanSinger

Latest Ubuntu installed but still can't scan, this is a must for me or it's back to damn XP!

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Andre Mangan (kyphi) said : 		#1

Have you got a scanner program installed?

The Brother MFC 240C is reported to work perfectly with the drivers provided by Brother.

Install "XSane" via Applications, Add/Remove.

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Rob VanSinger (rvansinger) said : 		#2

Yes I have Xsane already installed it does not see my printer, other than that it prints. I had to reinstall XP took 3hrs! in order to do my legal work i.e. scan docs n edit them already miss Ubuntu!

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Best Andre Mangan (kyphi) said : 		#3

Two solution are described here:

http://forums.linux-foundation.org/read.php?24,6598

Try the permission issue first.

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Rob VanSinger (rvansinger) said : 		#4

I'm sure it'll work, I just have to wipe out my XP after finishing my legal papers, thanks Andre from a soon to be happy again Ubuntu user!