If you have a network-capable Brother machine [has an N in the model name] then you can plug it into your switch using RJ-45 and the software can be installed on all machines, making it a network ...
I'm trying to set up scanner sharing on my LAN bteween Linux boxes running Mandrake 9.0! On the box that has the scanner installed (and working /dev/sg0 !) I've followed the saned man page ...