[throdos]

This is an old topic, but as the solution is relevant and I could not find the complete solution by searching the web I think it is appropriate to post it here. I guess people here are savvy enough to realize for themselves what modifications are needed if they want to use these steps for installing a brother printer on a different server such as 2003, 2012, 2012 R2 and so forth. My reply as also posted elsewhere:

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You have to edit some files in order for this to work. First you will need to edit the .inf file for the scanner and include windows server 2008 as a possible target. I did this for MFC-J4510DW on windows server 2008 R2, but I assume similar steps have to be taken for your machine and OS. You will of course need to copy the driver CD to disk first so you can edit files. I edited:
C:BrotherCDinstalldrivergdi32_64brimi12i.inf (might be called something different for your machine)
and changed:
[Manufacturer]
%Manufact%=MODEL,NTx86.5.1.1,NTamd64.5.2.1,NTx86.6.0.1,NTamd64.6.0.1,NTx86.5.1,NTamd64.5.2
to
[Manufacturer]
%Manufact%=MODEL,NTx86.5.1.1,NTamd64.5.2.1,NTx86.6.0.1,NTamd64.6.0.1,NTx86.6.1,NTamd64.6.1

Then you have to add the lines for your printer model by copy and paste from the entry for windows 7, I assume in your case NTx86.6.0.1 to the appropriate section of the .inf, I assume in your case NTx86.6.1. I used the sections called NTx86.5.1 and NTamd64.5.2 and used these by changing them to NTx86.6.1 and NTamd64.6.1. These will then point to the files for windows 7 and no more editing of the .inf is necessary.

After that you will have to edit the installManager.INI for your model and language. In my case this was:
C:BrotherCDinstallmanagerMFC-J4510DWenginstallManager.INI
and change ServerOS=Disable to ServerOS=Enable

The last step I am not sure is necessary and might pertain to something else, but I did it nonetheless and haven’t tried with and without. This was editing Brinst_Common.ini in:
C:BrotherCDinstallMFC-J4510DWBrinst_Common.ini where I changed:
EnableServer=0 to EnableServer=1

Now installing on server 2008 and server 2008 R2 should work like a charm. The included version of Paperport did not install and I used a copy of Paperport Pro 14 so I haven’t done any hacks to get the included software to install. This means I had to choose custom install and install MFL-Pro Suite without paperport.

Sincerely
throdos

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