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- | ====== Brother printer/ | + | <!-- Reviewed 6th January by Hazel--> |
+ | ====== Brother printer/ | ||
Brother makes a variety of printers and multifunction devices. There is a strong commitment to Linux support, but the driver packages are offered only in .rpm or .deb format. So what does a Slackware user do? | Brother makes a variety of printers and multifunction devices. There is a strong commitment to Linux support, but the driver packages are offered only in .rpm or .deb format. So what does a Slackware user do? | ||
- | This example describes the installation of a Brother MFC-J825DW in 64-bit Slackware | + | This example describes the installation of a Brother MFC-J825DW in 64-bit Slackware for printing and scanning. |
**Prerequisites** | **Prerequisites** | ||
- | Visit the Brother Linux Driver Homepage | + | Visit the Brother Linux Driver Homepage |
For this device the LPR driver, the cupswrapper driver and the brscan 64bit scanner driver are required. | For this device the LPR driver, the cupswrapper driver and the brscan 64bit scanner driver are required. | ||
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 glibc-solibs-2.15_multilib-x86_64-7alien.txz and cups-compat32-1.5.4-x86_64-2compat32.txz | + | 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 |
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- | mkdir temp; cd temp; explodepkg ../ | + | mkdir temp |
+ | cd temp | ||
+ | explodepkg ../ | ||
nano install/ | nano install/ | ||
- | makepkg /sbin/makepkg -l y -c y ../ | + | makepkg -l y -c y ../ |
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to configure the scanner. | to configure the scanner. | ||
+ | <note tip>It has been reported that some Brother devices with scanning capability have the default scanning mode set to "24bit Color[Fast]" | ||