Make

Model

Driver

Supported

Works?

Ubuntu Version

Comments

Last Updated

Brother

DCP-115C

Driver from Brother - brscan2

No

Yes

v6.06 (Dapper)

Appears to only work when sane is run as root

2006-Oct-30

Brother

DCP-7010

Driver from Brother - brscan2

No

Yes

v6.10 (Edgy), v10.04 (Lucid)

Add ATTRS{idVendor}=="04f9", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0182", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes" to /lib/udev/rules.d/40-libsane.rules.

2010-Apr-10

Brother

DCP-7025

Driver from Brother - brscan2

No

Yes

v6.10 (Edgy)

Add SYSFS{idVendor}=="04f9",MODE="666",GROUP="scanner" to /etc/udev/rules.d/45-libsane.rules.

2006-Nov-17

Brother

MFC-215C

Driver from Brother - brscan2

No

Yes

v14.04 (Trusty)

Install driver and udev rules (brscan2 and brother-udev-rule-type1 packages). After that, add symbolic links: ln -s /usr/lib64/lib* /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/; ln -s /usr/lib64/sane/libsane-brother2* /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/sane/

2015-Oct-01

Brother

MFC-230C

Driver from Brother - brscan2

No

Yes

v10.04 (Lucid)

Add SYSFS{idVendor}=="04f9", SYSFS{idProduct}=="01d6", MODE="0664", GROUP="scanner", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes" to /etc/udev/rules.d/40-libsane-extras.rules.

2010-Oct-07

Brother

MFC-420CN

Driver from Brother - brscan2

No

Yes

v5.10 (Breezy)

Please see a detailed HOWTO, PrintersBrotherMfc420cn.

2005-Jun-07

Brother

MCF-4420C

Driver from Brother - brscan ver 0.2.3-0

Yes

Yes

v7.04 (Feisty)

Plase see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=452060

2007-May-25

Brother

MFC-8840D

Driver from Brother - brscan ver.0.2.4

Yes

Yes

v7.10 (Gutsy)

Please see network scan instructions from Brother

2007-Oct-25

Brother

Misc

Brother provides sane drivers for some of their scanners.

2006-Oct-30