Printer/Scanner Driver Issues

[hartleymartin]

I was rather disappointed to discover that I will not be able to use my printer/scanner with Sierra. This is not Apple's fault as such as Brother (I have a Brother MFC-8460-N all-in-one laser printer/scanner/copier/fax) has not released drivers for anything after OSX 10.10.x But everything worked when I was running El Capitan! Isn't there some way that Sierra can use drivers for older versions of MacOS? The printer I have is several years old and otherwise still going strong and I would rather not have to go and buy a new printer because I cannot use it.

Primarily, the Scanner function in Preview does not work. It has managed to print, but not to scan. Any suggestions?

 

[CoastalOR]

Maybe the Image Capture app might work.
VueScan (not free - $39.95) supports your scanner & Sierra).
https://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/brother_mfc_8460n.html
https://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/supported-scanners.html

 

[dianeoforegon]

I've received a Brother driver update since upgrading to Sierra. I have no issues with my
Brother HL-L2380DW.

v4.1 installed on Oct 6

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201465

 

[hartleymartin]

Just checked out the website and apparently Brother does not support Sierra for that particular model of printer. Damn! Looks like I might actually have to get an old Mac Mini running El Capitan to act as the printer server.