<div dir="ltr"><div>We've got a Brother MFP (MFC 9140CDN) and Linux support has generally been excellent. We picked up this model as we wanted A3 printing support, and I can scan remotely over wifi via xsane or simple-scan.</div><div><br></div><div>If we were replacing it I'd tend towards a refillable unit, but a the time there were limited A3 models so their prices were rather high.</div><div><br></div><div>Steven<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 1:13 PM Kim Holburn via linux-aus <<a href="mailto:linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au">linux-aus@lists.linux.org.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I have an old Brother DCP-6690CW MFP which I keep because it's a great A3 scanner. If I plug a USB memory stick into it it will <br>
scan to the stick. Much simpler than messing with network scanning.<br>
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On 2023/05/31 8:06 am, Russell Stuart via linux-aus wrote:<br>
> The scanners on the MFP's are a different story. Mine scans (it's a<br>
> ET-5170). But getting scanners to work has always been a struggle for<br>
> me. The ET-5170 does scan from my laptop (and phone) using the Epson<br>
> supplied close source binary. It's GUI looked very pretty on start up<br>
> but isn't particularly ergonomic, and it segfaults on occasion. In my<br>
> experience that's par for the course for vendor supplied software. If<br>
> you can find a scanner supported by SANE you can use open source<br>
> software, which will be more reliable. I couldn't. <br>
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