I've just switched to Zorin from Win10 and am not able to scan from a Brother MFC printer connected by WiFi to our home network.
The printer is listed, but it says it is driverless.
When I attempt to scan from the printer it says it's not connected to the network.
I downloaded **brscan4-0.4.10-1.amd64.deb ** from the Brother website and ran it from the desktop before rebooting, but the scanner still is not connecting to the PC.
Please make sure you have installed Synaptic Package Manager. Then load the APP, enter your password that is required, then on the right side, click on search. Type "Brother" and hit enter.
Right click on everything in there that has to do with Brother printers and scanners, and mark them for installation. Once you are all done marking them. Then click the "Apply" button at the top.
StarTreker, who has survived OS destruction, and is barely back from the brink, and is already providing technical support. May no one ever question my dedication lol.
That is odd... I wonder if something other than Brother Printer Components got caught up in the mix and installed along with.
Can you please try tapping ctrl+alt+F3 from that screen to see if you can enter TTY?
If so, relay the terminal output of the following command input into the TTY screen using PasteBin:
If unable to get into TTY,
Try tapping the esc key at boot to pull up the Advanced Options for Zorin in Grub menu, then arrow key to it - select Recovery Menu
Then arrow key down to Drop to Prompt and perform the
What the heck? Installing printer drivers should never ever cause you to lose your GUI! I have no clue what is going on now. I guess this is where Aravisian takes over cause I don't know how to get you back from the brink now.
If you like, you can keep using Photos of your screen to relay the results here. They may be pretty long... It is the ones toward the bottom we are looking for. You will know the region by the "brother" packages in the list.