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<div>Hi Thierry, Thanks for your message.</div>
<div>I backed up file /etc/sane.d/esl.conf and added the following entries to the file.</div>
<div>[device]<br/>
model Brother MFC-J485DW<br/>
type http<br/>
ip 192.168.1.28:80<br/>
port 80</div>
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<div>Using the brother driver I noticed that I can scan at 1200 dpi instead of 600 dpi maximum with eSCL sane-airscan.</div>
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<div>CUPS Off-Topic perhaps: I currently have setting (Device URI) ----> ipp://BRWA8A7953594FC.local:631/ipp/print?encryption=required</div>
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<div>CUPS Off-Topic perhaps: Could you recommend some link for airprint cups driver setup at all? I found this ----> <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/CUPSAirPrint" target="_blank">https://wiki.debian.org/CUPSAirPrint</a></div>
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<div>I read that----> There are two technologies central to the AirPrint facility on a printer:</div>
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<div>1a. The printer must be advertised with Bonjour broadcasting. The printer must communicate with the client using IPP.</div>
<div>"lpinfo --include-schemes dnssd -v"</div>
<div>network dnssd://Brother%20MFC-J485DW._ipp._tcp.local/?uuid=e3248000-80ce-11db-8000-a8a7953594fc<br/>
network dnssd://Brother%20MFC-J485DW._printer._tcp.local/?uuid=e3248000-80ce-11db-8000-a8a7953594fc</div>
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<div>2a. For a view of printers only there is.</div>
<div>"avahi-browse -rt _ipp._tcp > discovered"</div>
<div>no output shown </div>
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<div>Also I have reviewed the CUPS help page.</div>
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<div>Is there a good place I can ask some CUPS questions you recommend?</div>
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<div>Thanks alot for your help.</div>
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Hi,</div>
<div>For escl to be constant, I suggest you add the following entries (I<br/>
would look at why it disappears (I have already noticed it)</div>
<div><br/>
[device]<br/>
model Brother MFC-J485DW<br/>
type http<br/>
ip 192.168.1.28:80<br/>
port 80</div>
<div> in the file: /etc/sane.d/escl.conf</div>
<div>Brother and owner, I have a preference for free drivers, if you choose<br/>
this solution, the entries "brother2", "brother3" and "brother4" can be<br/>
erased.</div>
<div>For airscan, the maintainer has read your message and will probably ask<br/>
you for the log files.</div>
<div>Another thing, for your printer using the airprint cups driver it is<br/>
much better than the driver provided by Brother.</div>
<div>Translated with <a href="http://www.DeepL.com/Translator" target="_blank">www.DeepL.com/Translator</a> (free version)</div>
<div>Thierry</div>
<div>Le 2020-08-25 21:23, pj.world@gmx.com a écrit :<br/>
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> Hello and thank you for your response. I am uncertain what the best<br/>
> format in which to respond to the mailing list is so I am including my<br/>
> original message at the bottom. Then Thierry's response and this<br/>
> message on top.<br/>
><br/>
> 1. I determined that the MFC-J485DW was not communicating when I<br/>
> attempted to ping it's designated ip address. It made some sense<br/>
> because devices had been occasionally dropping off the network<br/>
> suddenly this past week.<br/>
><br/>
> 2. I replaced modem-router combo with a different unit on hand. I was<br/>
> then able to ping the MFC-J485DW.<br/>
><br/>
> 3. SANE worked again.<br/>
><br/>
> 4. I added the ppa by:<br/>
><br/>
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rolfbensch/sane-git<br/>
> sudo apt-get update<br/>
> sudo apt install libsane libsane-common sane-utils<br/>
><br/>
> 5. I added backend entries "brother2" "brother3" "brother4" to<br/>
> /etc/sane.d/dll.conf<br/>
><br/>
> 6. I updated entire system "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get<br/>
> upgrade" and then rebooted.<br/>
><br/>
> 7. My question is as follows: xsane 0.999 shows when opening. (In the<br/>
> "Available devices" menu). After fresh system boot Initially 3 device<br/>
> options are shown. Then once xsane is closed and executed later during<br/>
> same system boot only 2 device options are shown as follows:<br/>
><br/>
> Initially these options are available: Brother MFC-J485DW MFC-J485DW<br/>
> [brother:net1;dev0]<br/>
><br/>
> Brother<br/>
> MFC-J485DW flatbed scanner [escl:<a href="http://192.168.1.28:80" target="_blank">http://192.168.1.28:80</a>]<br/>
><br/>
> eSCL Brother<br/>
> MFC-J485 eSCL network scanne [airscan:e0:Brother MFC-J485DW<br/>
><br/>
> After initial xsane use only 2 options are available: Brother<br/>
> MFC-J485DW MFC-J485DW [brother:net1;dev0]<br/>
><br/>
><br/>
> eSCL Brother MFC-J485 eSCL network scanne<br/>
> [airscan:e0:Brother MFC-J485DW<br/>
><br/>
> Which option is prefered it seems now with updates applied today<br/>
> through the PPA all are functional. Whereis prior sane-airscan did not<br/>
> scan correctly with the MFC-J485DW. sane-airscan worked fine on my<br/>
> HP-Officejet 4630 though.<br/>
><br/>
> 8. Thank you for your thoughts and assistance if able.<br/>
> Paul<br/>
><br/>
> Hi,<br/>
> the Brother driver is not free.<br/>
> report the bug to: <a href="https://support.brother.comotre" target="_blank">https://support.brother.comotre</a> scanner is<br/>
> supported<br/>
> by the free escl and sanr-airscan driver.<br/>
> I suggest you update your sane version:<br/>
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rolfbensch/sane-git<br/>
> sudo apt-get update<br/>
> sudo apt install libsane libsane-common sane-utils<br/>
> Thierry<br/>
> Le 2020-08-25 02:51, pj.world@gmx.com a écrit :<br/>
><br/>
>> Hello, I am running LinuxMint 20 upgraded from LinuxMint 19.3<br/>
> earlier<br/>
>> this month. The (brother MFC-J485DW all-in-one) is connected<br/>
>> wirelessly to the network and was functioning fine after the update<br/>
> to<br/>
>> Mint20 when then reinstallation of the (brother Driver Install Tool<br/>
>> was applied). xsane .999 is the currently installed version. The<br/>
>> printer and scanner were working fine before I updated the system<br/>
>> earlier today which is 2020-8-24.<br/>
>><br/>
>> Below is a list of all updates upgraded and installed on 2020-8-24<br/>
> one<br/>
>> or more of which apparently broke the functionality of xsane and<br/>
>> printing features on the MFC-J485DW today.<br/>
>><br/>
>> Command ----> "GREP UPGRADE /VAR/LOG/DPKG.LOG" outputs:<br/>
>><br/>
>> 2020-08-24 09:30:13 UPGRADE libsane:i386 1.0.29-0ubuntu5<br/>
>> 1.0.29-0ubuntu5.1<br/>
>> 2020-08-24 09:30:15 UPGRADE libsane:amd64 1.0.29-0ubuntu5<br/>
>> 1.0.29-0ubuntu5.1<br/>
>> 2020-08-24 09:30:16 UPGRADE libsane1:amd64 1.0.29-0ubuntu5<br/>
>> 1.0.29-0ubuntu5.1<br/>
>> 2020-08-24 09:30:17 UPGRADE libsane-common:all 1.0.29-0ubuntu5<br/>
>> 1.0.29-0ubuntu5.1<br/>
>> 2020-08-24 09:30:19 UPGRADE sane-utils:amd64 1.0.29-0ubuntu5<br/>
>> 1.0.29-0ubuntu5.1<br/>
>> 2020-08-24 09:30:20 UPGRADE ghostscript-x:amd64 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.1<br/>
>> 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.2<br/>
>> 2020-08-24 09:30:21 UPGRADE ghostscript:amd64 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.1<br/>
>> 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.2<br/>
>> 2020-08-24 09:30:22 UPGRADE libgs9:amd64 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.1<br/>
>> 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.2<br/>
>> 2020-08-24 09:30:24 UPGRADE libgs9-common:all 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.1<br/>
>> 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.2<br/>
>> 2020-08-24 15:49:12 UPGRADE libsnmp-base:all 5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.2<br/>
>> 5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.3<br/>
>> 2020-08-24 15:49:13 UPGRADE libsnmp35:i386 5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.2<br/>
>> 5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.3<br/>
>> 2020-08-24 15:49:15 UPGRADE libsnmp35:amd64 5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.2<br/>
>> 5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu2.3<br/>
>> 2020-08-24 16:10:34 UPGRADE mfcj485dwlpr:i386 1.0.0-0 1.0.0-0<br/>
>> 2020-08-24 16:11:53 UPGRADE brscan4:amd64 0.4.9-1 0.4.9-1<br/>
>> 2020-08-24 16:11:58 UPGRADE brscan-skey:amd64 0.3.1-1 0.3.1-1<br/>
>> 2020-08-24 17:09:17 UPGRADE libsane1:amd64 1.0.29-0ubuntu5.1<br/>
>> 1.0.29-0ubuntu5<br/>
>> 2020-08-24 17:15:58 UPGRADE libsane1:amd64 1.0.29-0ubuntu5<br/>
>> 1.0.29-0ubuntu5.1<br/>
>><br/>
>> Here are additional command outputs:<br/>
>><br/>
>> Command ----> "BRSANECONFIG4 -Q | GREP MFC-J485DW" outputs:<br/>
>> * *MFC-J485DW [ 192.168.1.23] MFC-J485DW<br/>
>><br/>
>> Command ----> "BRSCAN-SKEY -L" outputs:<br/>
>> MFC-J485DW : brother4:net1;dev0 : 192.168.1.23 Not<br/>
>> responded<br/>
>><br/>
>> 1. For instance when I attempt to use Synaptic Package Manager to<br/>
>> attempt to (Force Version downgrade) of the "libsane-common" package<br/>
>> back to version 1.0.29-0ubuntu5.0 from 1.0.29-Oubuntu5.1 the (To be<br/>
>> removed) list includes the following packages:<br/>
>><br/>
>> brscan-skey<br/>
>> colord<br/>
>> hplip<br/>
>> libsane<br/>
>> libsane1<br/>
>> sane<br/>
>> sane-utils<br/>
>> simple-scan<br/>
>> xsane<br/>
>><br/>
>> 2. Is there any advice that I can proceed with here? Before<br/>
> attempting<br/>
>> to revert to a earlier backup of Mint 20 or even potentialy proceed<br/>
>> back to Mint 19.3 completely?<br/>
>><br/>
>> 3. For instance looking at the above package updates list it appears<br/>
>> the "libsane1:amd64" package is going back and forth between *.5 and<br/>
>> *.5.1 throughout the day.<br/>
>><br/>
>> 4. I'm quite confused and would appreciate your advice. Thank you<br/>
> for<br/>
>> any assistance.</div>
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