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["Roland S." <701856@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As part of the big bug review for 16.04 LTS I have tested this on 15.10
and the bug is still there.  I think this is a feature request rather
than a bug.

** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Opinion

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Title:
  Brother's printer/scanner drivers awkward to find and install

Status in cups package in Ubuntu:
  Opinion

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: cupsys

  Hello,

  I have the multifonction laser printer and scan Brother DCP-7030.

  It works very well in Ubuntu, but with some hard configuration.
  Printer is automatically detected when connected in USB, but Ubuntu
  does not propose DCP-7030 drivers, only DCP-7025, and it doesn't work
  well.

  To get DCP-7030 fully recognized and well printing / scanning, I have to do this (it's a short summary) :
  http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/before.html

  - Printer BROTHER DCP-7030 :

  cd ~/desktop
  sudo aa-complain cupsd
  sudo mkdir /usr/share/cups/model
  http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/download_prn.html#DCP-7030
  sudo dpkg -i --force-all --force-architecture brdcp7030lpr-2.0.2-1.i386.deb
  sudo dpkg -i --force-all --force-architecture cupswrapperDCP7030-2.0.2-1.i386.deb
  http://127.0.0.1:631/printers/DCP7030 : OK

  After that printer works

  
  - SCANNING :

  Install scan-key-tools  /  Brscan3
  http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/download_scn.html#brscan3
  http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/instruction_scn1a.html

  sudo gedit /lib/udev/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules : in section
  "libusb device nodes", replacer 0664 by 0666

  sudo lsusb
  Bus 001 Device 004: ID 04f9:01a Brother Industries, Ltd
  Go to dev/bus/usb : bus 1 and device 4 is root owned
  Open it in Nautilus as root, change it to my user name and take ownership

  Now Simple Scan works, Brother-DCP is seen.

  But... big problem !

  At each restart of Ubuntu or DCP Brother, permission resets and comes
  back to root, I have to change ownership and re-log each time, this is
  not nice...

  Is it a way to "protect" the file against erasing or permission change
  ?

  It's also true for other models than DCP-7030 (like DCP-7040...). I do
  not know if it is a Cups / Ubuntu "bug" or Openprinting missing for
  new drivers, but as Brother gives functional drivers for Linux, this
  should be easily implemented I hope, as more and more materials are
  natively identified in Ubuntu.

  Thanks in advance for your help. Best regards,

  Xavier

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