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 While there, read the install instructions for both the printer driver and the scanner driver. There is a lot there that is irrelevant to Slackware, but also some important information. While there, read the install instructions for both the printer driver and the scanner driver. There is a lot there that is irrelevant to Slackware, but also some important information.
  
-Brother printer drivers are 32-bit only (implied by Pre-required Procedure (5) on the Before the Installation page) so for 64-bit Slackware you will need to install at least the multilib glibc-solibs and cups-compat32 packages for your installation from http://bear.alienbase.nl/mirrors/people/alien/multilib/+Brother printer drivers are 32-bit only (implied by Pre-required Procedure (5) on the Before the Installation page) so for 64-bit Slackware you will need to install at least the multilib glibc-solibs package. Newer models may also require the multilib gcc-g++ package. These packages are available from https://bear.alienbase.nl/mirrors/people/alien/multilib/ and https://slackware.uk/people/alien/multilib/
  
 <note>You will need to be logged in as root in a terminal window for the following</note> <note>You will need to be logged in as root in a terminal window for the following</note>
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