The network printer component of the MFC-7820N is easy in leopard– it’s detected by the mDNS (bonjour), and the drivers are preinstalled. Everything there should be smooth sailing.
However, we wanted this printer partly because it’s a network scanner, as well. Getting the network scanner component working under Leopard turned out to have a slight trick.
First, install the drivers:
- Go to the brother download site
- choose Drivers -> Mac OS/X 10.5 -> English then hit submit
- Install this driver, it’s the scanner TWAIN driver. It’s universal too
- This driver will make you reboot. Whee.
- Go back to the download site, and this time, do Utilities -> Mac OS/X 10.5 -> English
- Install the provided “Remote Setup Software”
Now, here’s the fun trick. Open your hard drive, and go to the folder /Library/Printers/Brother/Utilities/DeviceSelector. In this dir is a program called DeviceSelector . Run it.
Tell the DeviceSelector (and the scanner driver) to “Specify your machine by address”, and enter the IP address of your printer. (Mine was preset to specify by ‘name’, which is using mDNS).
From there, I could now scan through the control center applet or in a standard Twain app, like Image Capture in the /Applications folder.
smg
10/29/2008 | 10:42 pm1
Hi,
I know this is an old post, but hopefully you don’t mind a new comment. I followed your directions, but there is no DeviceSelector in the Utilities folder. I actually ran the install twice with no luck. Any ideas?
MR Ram
10/13/2008 | 4:09 pm2
I have similar scanning problems on 10.5.2 with a brother MFC-465.
Scanning via LAN works o.k. through Brother’s Control Center.
However the TWAIN plug-In will only be recognized by certain applications and will be ignorde by others. Photoshop CS2 can open the TWAIN interface, as well as iCalamus. Ragtime 6 finds the TWAIN module but only produces error messages, Graphic Converter and Photoscore cannot find the TWAIN driver.
This is regardless of whether I choose specify by IP-adress or by mDNS in the Device chooser.
what a pain! any ideas for relief?
How do I find the IP address???
8/14/2008 | 9:12 pm3
Please help!
Anonymous
7/31/2008 | 9:30 pm4
Worked for me on my 5440-CN!
The Remote Connect and Quick Dial did not show up until I selected the USB printer, just like you said.
MaLöhr
7/19/2008 | 2:12 pm5
Excellent! Solved my problem at an instant
Andrei Bernovski
7/1/2008 | 8:12 am6
Thanks! It helped a lot!
jimy
6/28/2008 | 11:09 pm7
first i had to download all the Brother Mac OSX printer software and installed it from website plus i installed the Brother Mac OSX Disc came with printer on the DVD drive. Need to Restart computer and i turned off and on the printer. Next, went to main Library (not user Library) scrolled to printer folder, to Brother folder to Utilities folder. Clicked on Control Center App adjusted settings to my preferences. Clicked Device Selector App for USB connection Clicked Remote Setup App for my Quick Dial Fax settings. Have not tried using Server App.
Dan
6/24/2008 | 8:30 am8
actually, i found the control center app but it doesn’t appear to work. I starts up automatically when I restart the machine (there is a splash screen) but that’s it.
Second - i tried your trick but it doesn’t work for me.
Dan
6/24/2008 | 7:18 am9
Hi there,
Just wondering if you could elaborate on what you meant by “control center applet”
…”From there, I could now scan through the control center applet”
I don’t seem to have this applet and haven’t been able to find it on the net.
Cheers,
D
Len
3/27/2008 | 1:25 pm10
Perfect.
You saved my sanity.
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6/21/2008 | 1:43 am11
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