This is a very good and cheap inkjet printer/fax/scanner/copier, with great tech support. (I got tired of spending lots of $ for other printers that would outlast the supplies' availability). No, this is not an ad, but I have managed to get it printing and scanning (haven't tested the fax yet) from the linux drivers they provide on their site, a howto in the ubuntu forums, and a bit of mixing-and-matching with other techniques from other ubuntu users.
Just thought I'd let people know if they're shopping for a printer that works; I'll work on finalizing a howto to add to the documentation after if and when I can get my tuner(s) working. If someone needs it earlier, reply to this post.
More documentation could help spread the word about this distro.
Brother all in one printers are great (imho) with linux
Download the drivers here
Code:
apt-get install csh
If the line which starts with "none /proc/bus/usb" or "usbfs /proc/bus/usb" does not exist in the /etc/fstab file, run the following command:
-For Kernel 2.4.* version of distribution Users:
$ echo 'none /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs auto,devmode=0666 0 0' >> /etc/fstab
-For Kernel 2.6.* version of distribution Users:
$ echo 'none /proc/bus/usb usbfs auto,devmode=0666 0 0' >> /etc/fstab
If the line which starts with "none /proc/bus/usb" or "usbfs /proc/bus/usb" does exist in the /etc/fstab file, edit the line as below:
-For Kernel 2.4.* version of distribution Users:
none /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs auto,devmode=0666 0 0
-For Kernel 2.6.* version of distribution Users:
none /proc/bus/usb usbfs auto,devmode=0666 0 0
Modify the USB access control
Code:
umount /proc/bus/usb
mount /proc/bus/usb
mknod -m 666 /dev/usbscanner c 180 48