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how to use brother printer and scanner:

- Download the driver installation script from Brother:
http://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf ... 2.0.0-1.gz

- Go to the directory where you saved the file and Open here a terminal window
Enter this command to extract the downloaded file:

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  $ gunzip linux-brprinter-installer-2.0.0-1 .gz


- Get superuser authorization with the "su" command or "sudo su" command.
Run the tool:

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  $ sudo ./linux-brprinter-installer-2.0.0-1


The driver installation will start, and will ask for your model nbr
Follow the installation screen directions.
When you see the message "Will you specify the DeviceURI ?",
For USB Users: Choose N(No)
For Network Users: Choose Y(Yes) and DeviceURI.

The install process may take some time. Please wait until it is complete.

The printer will be ok

for the scanner, first find out if it is recognized:

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$ sane-find-scanner
found USB scanner (vendor=0x04f9 [Brother], product=0x0281 [MFC-J430W]) at libusb:002:002

Then edit the "/lib/udev/rules.d/xx-libsane.rules"
insert where the printers are listed

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$ su -
# kwrite /lib/udev/rules.d/60-libsane.rules

and insert the lines below, where the printers are listed

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# Brother MFC-J430W
ATTRS{idVendor}=="04f9", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0281", MODE="0644", GROUP="usb", ENV{libsane_matched}="yes"

reboot and good luck

I am a novice and recently i started with Mageia 5.
My printer is a Brother MFC-J470DW.
I downloaded linux-brprinter-installer-2.0.0-1.gz in the Downloads folder.
In accordance with your explanation, the first command (gunzip) works.
When I use the command:

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sudo ./linux-brprinter-installer-2.0.0-1


the reaction is: command not found. I tried also su.
What do i wrong?

Please post the complete command you entered including the output, otherwise we can't say what went wrong.

Be advised that sudo is not configured by default in Mageia. So what you need to do and what the OP also described,
is obtain root permissions (su -), then change to the folder where you extracted it ( /home/adhemar/Downloads in my example )
and then run the extracted installer (./linux-brprinter-installer-2.0.0-1)

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su -
cd /home/adhemar/Downloads
./linux-brprinter-installer-2.0.0-1

The commands i used:

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[adhemar@localhost ~]$ cd /home/adhemar/Downloads/
[adhemar@localhost Downloads]$ su
Wachtwoord:
[root@localhost Downloads]# gunzip linux-brprinter-installer-2.0.0-1.gz
[root@localhost Downloads]#

[root@localhost Downloads]# ./linux-brprinter-installer-2.0.0-1
bash: ./linux-brprinter-installer-2.0.0-1: Toegang geweigerd
[root@localhost Downloads]# su ./linux-brprinter-installer-2.0.0-1
su: gebruiker ./linux-brprinter-installer-2.0.0-1 bestaat niet
[root@localhost Downloads]#


Toegang geweigerd = access denied
bestaat niet = does not exist

I am Belgian, and 70 plus.
It will take a little time, but I will do my best.
Thank you to help me.

Okay, access denied means it is missing the executable flag. So either add that, or run the script directly with a shell.

So either this:

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cd /home/adhemar/Downloads/
su
chmod +x linux-brprinter-installer-2.0.0-1
./linux-brprinter-installer-2.0.0-1

or this should help:

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su
bash /home/adhemar/Downloads/linux-brprinter-installer-2.0.0-1

Excellent, it works now, thanks for the guidance.

Do you have a suggestion for me to get started in the terminal?
I do not always find my way in the Wiki docs.

Thanks in advance

Might be a starting-point:
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/How_to_do_some_easy_commands

And, oh yes.......

Please adhemar, don't forget to mark the topic [SOLVED].
You can do so, by editing the subject/title in the first message in this topic.
Write [SOLVED] to the left of subject/title, thanks ahead.

Others have also recommended http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz but that is quite comprehensive/much longer.
If you have specific questions just ask, but please use a separate thread for that