So, none of the Brother scanners on http://www.sane-project.org/sane-backends.html are listed as supported. On the other hand, i have a Brother ADS-1000w and it worked(mostly) once i installed the sane backends that Brother provides. Did you install the brscan utilities/sane backends for your scanner from http://support.brother.com/g/b/countrytop.aspx?c=us&lang=en? On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 9:34 AM, o1bigtenor <o1bigtenor at gmail.com> wrote: > Greetings > > I'm hoping that someone out there has achieved success and can point me to > some pointers! > > I bought a Brother MFC-J6510DW largely because it can scan 11 x 17 inch > documents (I have too many like that that I would like to get into > electronic format!!). > > I can see the machine as a printer but cannot get the machine to scan a > page. I have installed XSane 1.0.24 backend and XSane1.0.14 frontend. Tried > running the ethernet cable through the router (a la network usage) and can't > get anything useful to occu. I have also tried running the ethernet cable > directly into my main machine (Debian testing) with also no joy. Have also > contacted Brother support and although their website and the stickers on the > machine laud their online chat and telephone support for linux its email > support (if they can be bothered! (they are taking a very long time to > respond!!)). > > Any suggestions? > > TIA > > Dee > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >