17 Jun
2016
17 Jun
'16
3:42 a.m.
Hello all,
I have set a box for a friend running Kubuntu 16.04 with a brother
MF7680DW multifunction printer/scanner attached via usb. I have
installed the latest drivers from the Brother website and the printer
works fine but the scanner is not found by any scanning program.
Research indicates that there is a permissions issue error.
The solution is to run |sudo chmod 666 /dev/bus/usb/001/002 |which fixes
the usb bus permissions problem and the scanner is found.
Am I able to place this command somewhere so that it is executed on
startup? How do I overcome the issue of needing root access?
Thanks
Bob
7:59 a.m.
Quoting Rohan McLeod (rhn(a)jeack.com.au):
Bob via luv-main wrote:
I suspect: Brother MFC-7860DW Compact Monochrome Laser All-in-One Printer
(Note digit transposition.)
There's some sort of dismal proprietary binary-only SANE driver from the
manufacturer. (Personally, I regard that as the manufacturer telling
you 'Hullo, you bought unwisely, and should sell this hardware to
someone and buy a replacement supported by open source, but perhaps
that's just me.)
Hello all,
I have set a box for a friend running Kubuntu 16.04 with a brother
MF7680DW multifunction printer/scanner attached via usb.
Are you sure that model number is correct ; google can't seem to find it ! 
9:37 a.m.
On 06/17/2016 05:59 PM, Rick Moen via luv-main wrote:
Quoting Rohan McLeod (rhn(a)jeack.com.au):
Just a wild guess, Bob,
Would it help if the user was part of the scanner group?
Andrew Greig
Bob via luv-main wrote:
I suspect: Brother
MFC-7860DW Compact Monochrome Laser All-in-One Printer
(Note digit transposition.)
There's some sort of dismal proprietary binary-only SANE driver from the
manufacturer. (Personally, I regard that as the manufacturer telling
you 'Hullo, you bought unwisely, and should sell this hardware to
someone and buy a replacement supported by open source, but perhaps
that's just me.)
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I have set a box for a friend running Kubuntu 16.04 with a brother
MF7680DW multifunction printer/scanner attached via usb.
Are you sure that model
number is correct ; google can't seem to find it ! 
1:57 p.m.
Andrew Greig via luv-main wrote:
On 06/17/2016 05:59 PM, Rick Moen via luv-main wrote:
> Quoting Rohan McLeod (rhn(a)jeack.com.au):
>
>> Bob via luv-main wrote:
>>> Hello all,
>>> I have set a box for a friend running Kubuntu 16.04 with a brother
>>> MF7680DW multifunction printer/scanner attached via usb.
>> Are you sure that model number is correct ; google can't seem to
>> find it !
> I suspect: Brother MFC-7860DW Compact Monochrome Laser All-in-One
> Printer
> (Note digit transposition.)
If it's that printer I am curious why the 'always-prone-to-losing'
devices USB is being used instead of
the more robust Ethernet (cable or wireless) option ?
(Since IP can usually be locked to MAC address.)
http://www.brother-usa.com/MFC/ModelDetail/4/MFC7860DW/spec
regards Rohan McLeod
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