How do I get my brother printer to scan items to my macbook pro?

Open Preview, go to File>Import From Scanner, select Include Network Devices, go back to File>Import From Scanner, your Brother scanner should be listed, select it, Image Capture will open and you can scan.

Oh brother,

I have had the same problem, but my solution was to update the firmware on the printer. The firmware updating device can be found on the downloads page for each device.

After trying to reinstall drivers, toy with IP addresses, and all these other things, it seems that fixing my outdated firmware was the way to go.

I hope this helps someone out there.

Open Image Capture (Applications>Image Capture) try from there.

Your scanner is not installed correctly it seems, go to Apple>System Preference>Print and Scan, tell me if your Brother appears in there under scanners (below the printer entry)

Then the scanner component is not installed, I would remove all Brother software and remove the device (if it is the only device in Print and Scan I would reset the printing system) then reinstall it exactly per the book.

I would consult the scanner documentation for the recomended method of removing the software, removing the device from Print and Scan simply requires that you select it and click the minus sign 🙂

And thanks for the star

Plug the laptop into the printer and see if the MACBook pro automatically if it finds drivers. if not put the software on the computer than you can.

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https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110819141021AAQ2Ddg

Now that I've scanned it using the below instructions, where did the file go?

Found it!

But there's GOTTA be an easier way. One or two clicks instead of a 1/2 dozen (hey, I'm lazy 😉😉)