Hello Last month I contacted Brother about my MFC5440CN "All-in-one" about it's scanning capabilities via the network interface. According to an explanation by a Suse developer some time ago on this list the brscan2 backend provided by Brother is written exclusively for use via USB.
Brother replied today (10 days after I submitted my question, which is reasonably quick given it's technical nature and probably contacting Brother HQ in Japan) that they are willing to look in to the matter and make scanning via the network interface possible. However, they couldn't give a timeframe for it to happen. The process might be speeded up if more people who want to use the brscan2 backend via the network interface express their interest to Brother. Regards, M.V. Wesstein the Netherlands
