brother MFC 9160 is a all in one box, digital copier, emulating LaserJet 6P (PCL 5e), printing via parallel port and USB works fine.
Scanner interface is TWAIN compatible. What can I do test the machine? USB on Suse 8.2: Dec 6 22:33:25 ebri kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:07.2-1, assigned address 2 Dec 6 22:33:25 ebri kernel: usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x4f9/0x11f) is not claimed by any active driver. Dec 6 22:33:26 ebri modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-68 Dec 6 22:33:28 ebri last message repeated 2 times Dec 6 22:33:29 ebri kernel: usb-uhci.c: ENXIO 80000280, flags 0, urb cb8fc840, burb cb8fcbc0 Dec 6 22:33:29 ebri kernel: usbdevfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed dev 2 rqt 128 rq 6 len 18 ret -6 Dec 6 22:33:29 ebri /etc/hotplug/usb.agent[27542]: cannot get config descriptor: No such device or address Dec 6 22:33:29 ebri kernel: usb-uhci.c: ENXIO 80000280, flags 0, urb cb8fcbc0, burb cb8fc840 Dec 6 22:33:29 ebri kernel: usbdevfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed dev 2 rqt 128 rq 6 len 9 ret -6 Dec 6 22:33:29 ebri /etc/hotplug/usb.agent[27543]: cannot get config descriptor 0, No such device or address (6) Dec 6 22:33:29 ebri kernel: usb-uhci.c: ENXIO 80000280, flags 0, urb cb8fcbc0, burb cb8fc840 Dec 6 22:33:29 ebri kernel: usbdevfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed dev 2 rqt 128 rq 6 len 18 ret -6 Dec 6 22:33:29 ebri /etc/hotplug/usb.agent[27543]: cannot get config descriptor: No such device or address Dec 6 22:33:29 ebri kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usblp Dec 6 22:33:29 ebri kernel: printer.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 2 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x04F9 pid 0x011F Dec 6 22:33:29 ebri kernel: printer.c: v0.11: USB Printer Device Class driver Dec 6 22:33:29 ebri insmod: Using /lib/modules/2.4.21/kernel/drivers/usb/printer.o Dec 6 22:33:29 ebri insmod: Symbol version prefix '' Dec 6 22:33:29 ebri kernel: usb-uhci.c: ENXIO 80000280, flags 0, urb cb8fcbc0, burb cb8fc840 Dec 6 22:33:29 ebri kernel: usbdevfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed dev 2 rqt 128 rq 6 len 18 ret -6 Dec 6 22:33:29 ebri /etc/hotplug/usb.agent[27543]: cannot get config descriptor: No such device or address modules: Module Size Used by Tainted: PF ** abbreviated ** printer 7552 0 usbserial 19836 0 (autoclean) (unused) parport_pc 28456 2 (autoclean) lp 6912 1 (autoclean) parport 25608 2 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp] usb-uhci 23920 0 (unused) usbcore 63788 1 [printer usbserial usb-uhci] ieee1394 45316 0 [raw1394] The machine cost about 400 Euro only!!! What a surprise for linux users! And if scanning would be possible, this machine will be a best seller! Ekkard
