This Brother All-In-One Printer boasts a fast printing speed up to 25ppm black and 20ppm color.
That being said it has been a few years since I've installed any type of MFC on a linux machine because most of our customers use Windows and the ones that use Linux I have to set it up once and they never screw up so I hardly have to fix them again.Be it scan, copy, fax or print, the Brother MFC-240C fulfills all your office-related needs efficiently. Also, I've found that USB devices work and are easier to configure compared to Parallel devices that hardly ever work for scanning especially. In my experiences, multi function printers/scanners/fax machines can be a pain to get working correctly if unsupported in any version of Linux. Research what other people have bought and have had good experiences with when installing and using in Linux. I always recommend HP devices for Linux systems, they are usually supported, at least the ones I have came across, and are a snap to get working. You'll save yourself a possible headache. Always check that the device you have in mind to buy is supported in Linux and Ubuntu before buying.
I work for a networking/computer repair company and I personally specialize in printer networking and repairs. Other than what I have already stated the following is basically my experience and some suggestions. If that works then you can try setting up printer and hope they both work that way.
Then reconnect it and try setting it up to scan first. So you can try removing the printer set up and driver, disconnect it from the computer.
But if the scanner works the printer part never will, and vice versa. I can get it to work if I don't set it up as a printer first.
I have a brother MFC device that has never worked correctly and it seems never will unless I learn how to write device drivers. I've read where others have the same issue as you with Brother devices, printer works scanner doesn't. This being a brother device I do know that they can be a pain to get both printer and scanning capabilities to work correctly in any Linux distrobution if it isn't supported. The photo copy part of the machine is not handled by your computer and should work whether its connected to a computer or not. So for your sake I hope you made a typo and your device is supported. However, I did see a Brother MFC-7240 and a Brother MFC-230C. I searched all these websites and couldn't find a Brother MFC-240C scanner that was supported. I have never came across one that works this way. I have heard following these steps have worked for others and that the MFC print drivers is all you should need on some models to make both work. Follow the guide according to whether you want CUPS or LPR, Brother recommends cups.
Then Click here to go to Brothers printer cups driver installation guide and here to go to Brothers lpr printer installation guide. Make sure you do Brothers pre-required procedures by clicking here. You can find linux drivers made by Brother here
The Sane Projects list of supported devices can be found here Ok, first of all make sure your printer/scanner MFC is supported in Ubuntu at the following websites.įor your specific manufacturer click here