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Raffael
Asked: 2020-01-19 03:15:49 +0800 CST

How to resetup Brother MFC-J480DW for scanning after it changed its IP?

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Every time I restart my router or for other reasons my printer changes its IP and I can't print or scan anymore. Setting up the printer is straightforward but the scanner not so much.

How can I reregister the scanner under the correct IP?

The printer/scanner is a Brother MFC-J480DW.

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1 Answers

  1. Official Linux Drivers for Brother MFC-J480DW

    1) Look up on network and set up using the regular printers tool. Copy its IP.

    2) Identify possibly already registered scanner:

    $ brsaneconfig4 -q | tail
414 "MFC-7460DN"
415 "MFC-7360"
416 "MFC-7860DN"
417 "DCP-7065DN"
418 "DCP-7060D"
419 "DCP-7055"

Devices on network
  0 MFC-J480DW          "MFC-J480DW"        I:192.168.1.2

    3) Remove scanner:

    brsaneconfig4 -r MFC-J480DW

    4) Reregister scanner with correct IP:

    brsaneconfig4 -a name=MFC-J480DW model=MFC-J480DW ip=192.168.1.3
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