Brother

 Network Scanning The following should allow you to scan over a network in Ubuntu:

SCANNING

From the Brother website download the scan2 driver and scankey tool

Install the following items from the command line:

sudo apt-get install sane xsane

Install the Brother scanner driver:

sudo dpkg -i brscan2-0.2.4-0.i386.deb

Setup the scanner by using:

brsaneconfig2 -a name=DCP-560CN model=DCP-560CN ip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

Install the scan-key tool (this allows registration of the computer to the scanner:

sudo dpkg -i brscan-skey-0.2.1-1.i386.deb

You can start the tool manually by typing:

brscan-skey

You need to set it to start up at boot. Go to System > Preference > Startup Applications, select new.

In the name box enter:

Brother Scanner

In the command box enter:

brscan-skey

Click 'Save'