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1. #How to set up scan to email on brother 7860dw printer install
2. #How to set up scan to email on brother 7860dw printer drivers
3. #How to set up scan to email on brother 7860dw printer driver

That is, there is no need for a scanner driver! Just install a small FTP server, I decided for ProFTPd: aptitude install proftpd-basic Scanner SetupĪs explained above, the printer is able to send scanned documents to a FTP location.

#How to set up scan to email on brother 7860dw printer driver

Just give it a name and some description, select a driver (I’m using Brother MFC-9120CN BR-Script3 (color, 2-sided printing)) and you’re done! Easy, isn’t it!? -)įor those of you that have an older version of CUPS: The URI of my printer is dnssd://Brother%20MFC-9120CN._printer._tcp.local/. Recent CUPS versions will detect the new printer automatically and you’ll find it in the list of Discovered Network Printers. if it is installed on your current machine) and install a new printer via Administration-> add Printer (you need to be root). Printer Setupīig thanks to the CUPS project, it’s very easy to setup the network-printer! If you haven’t installed cups yet, do it now: aptitude install cups foomatic-db If you browse to this IP using your web browser you’ll find a web interface for the printer. If this is done you should be able to ping the printer: % ping 192.168.9.9 It should be able to request an IP via DHCP, but if you don’t provide a DHCP server you need to configure the network manually (my values are in parenthesis): To use this device via network you have to connect it to a router. It well explains setup the fax functionality, but the installation of the network printer and scanner is only described for win/mac, so I’ll give you a small how-to for your Linux systems. The printer comes with a large user manual (>200 pages). Another issue is the fact, that the device always forgets the date if it is turned of for a time.

Since I’m not printing thousands of pages it’s more or less minor to me, but you should be aware of that. One is the speed, the printer is somewhat slow. This model is also a very cheap one compared to other color-laser MFP’s, and with the ADF it completely matches my criteria.

#How to set up scan to email on brother 7860dw printer drivers

So you don’t need to have special drivers for scanning, just setup a small FTP server.

Drivers for the printer are available and the the scanned documents can be sent at any FTP server. It is able to print and scan via network. The manufactures often only provide drivers for Win or Mac, so you generally get bugged if you want to integrate those peripherals in your environment. You might also have experiences with this driver f$ckup, or at least have heard about it. My new MFC-9120CN Decision for this printerįirst of all I was searching for a printer that is in any case compatible to Linux systems.