The printer is set thru WiFi only.
1.0 Sharing scanner on network (Arch linux wiki on Sane):
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SA ... _a_network
Change the /etc/sane.d/saned.conf file to include ip address of scanner (printer), for example:
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#scan-client.somedomain.firm
...
192.169.000.107 #add your printer-scanner ip address
[guest@porteus ~]$ scanimage --list-devices
device `v4l:/dev/video0' is a Noname TOSHIBA Web Camera - HD: TOSHIB virtual device
- Here only the video cam of my toshiba laptop is present.
2.0 Scanner-specific problems: Network_Scanning (Arch linux wiki):
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SA ... k_Scanning
specify the IP address of the scanner in the /etc/sane.d/net.conf
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#scan-client.somedomain.firm
...
192.169.000.107 #add your printer-scanner ip address
[guest@porteus ~]$ scanimage --list-devices
device `v4l:/dev/video0' is a Noname TOSHIBA Web Camera - HD: TOSHIB virtual device
- Here only the video cam of my toshiba laptop is present.
3.0 Sane doesn’t see the scanner, look under the scanner section, ping the scanner with:
http://neithere.net/2013/02/18/archlinu ... _7860.html
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brsaneconfig4 -d
brsaneconfig4 -r Brother_MFC-7860DW
specify the IP address with each block having exactly three digits
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brsaneconfig4 -a name=scanner model=MFC-7860DW ip=192.168.000.107
Verify is sane expect this device:
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grep brother /etc/sane.d/dll.conf
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echo brother4 | sudo tee -a /etc/sane.d/dll.conf
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grep brother /etc/sane.d/dll.conf
List the devices:
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scanimage --list-devices
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scanimage -L
device `brother4:net1;dev0' is a Brother scanner MFC-7860DW
4.0 Test the scanner:
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scanimage --batch
Edited after verification.