On Friday 12 November 2021 07:30:36 Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > On 11/11/2021 03:11 PM, Brian wrote: > > On Thu 11 Nov 2021 at 14:34:20 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > >> On 11/11/2021 02:06 PM, Brian wrote: > >>> On Thu 11 Nov 2021 at 12:38:33 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > >>>> I am running buster on my Linux platform. > >>>> > >>>> I have installed a new Brother Laser print using the current > >>>> Brother Linux installer. > >>> > >>> The MFC-L2710DW is a modern device and is completely supported by > >>> packages shipped with Debian 11 (bullseye). It is also completely > >>> supported for printing via a wireless connection on buster. > >>> > >>> The packages needed for USB connections and scanning do not come > >>> with buster but can easily be obtained from > >>> > >>> https://github.com/alexpevzner/sane-airscan > >>> > >>> Do yourself a favour and read > >>> > >>> https://wiki.debian.org/CUPSQuickPrintQueues > >>> > >>> A user with a device such as yours does not need proprietary, > >>> non-free printing or scanning drivers in 2021. > >> > >> Very interesting. Thank you. > > > > Interesting indeed. Reaching for printing and scanning drivers, > > whether free or non-free, is still a user's first thought. I > > suppose one should work to tackle the issue you outline but > > switching to driverless printing and scanning is a lot easier > > and makes most problems involving drivers go away. Additionally, > > it future-proofs the printing and scanning systems. > > This is the immediate problem that I need to fix: > > comp@AbNormal:~$ sudo apt upgrade > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > E: The package brscan4 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an > archive for it. > > sudo apt update ran without any problems.
Thats b'cuz the Brother installer puts all that stuff in /opt, and for the most part I havn't touched it in around 3 years. It has some tcp crc hiccups early on, but thats gone away a long time ago and for a cheap B&W brother lazer, and a huge MFC-J6920DW, it Just Works. And synaptic has not ever asked for my attention by fussing about it. Cheers, Gene Heskett. -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
