[2024-feb-29] Sad news: Eric Layton aka Nocturnal Slacker aka vtel57 passed away on Feb 26th, shortly after hospitalization. He was one of our Wiki's most prominent admins. He will be missed.
Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
Next revision | Previous revisionNext revisionBoth sides next revision | ||
howtos:hardware:brother_printer_installation [2012/12/30 16:16 (UTC)] – created allend | howtos:hardware:brother_printer_installation [2013/01/06 17:34 (UTC)] – [Brother printer/scanner installation] hazel | ||
---|---|---|---|
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
<!-- Add your text below. We strongly advise to start with a Headline (see button bar above). --> | <!-- Add your text below. We strongly advise to start with a Headline (see button bar above). --> | ||
- | ====== Brother printer/ | + | ====== Brother printer/ |
- | Brother makes a variety of printers and multifunction devices. There is a strong commitment to Linux support, but the driver packages | + | 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 14.0 for printing and scanning. | This example describes the installation of a Brother MFC-J825DW in 64-bit Slackware 14.0 for printing and scanning. | ||
Line 10: | Line 10: | ||
Visit the Brother Linux Driver Homepage http:// | Visit the Brother Linux Driver Homepage http:// | ||
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, | + | While there, |
- | 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 a minimum | + | 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 packages from http:// |
< | < | ||
Line 18: | Line 18: | ||
**Package preparation** | **Package preparation** | ||
- | Convert the original Brother .rpm files to Slackware .txz packages using **rpm2txz** with some options. | + | Convert the original Brother .rpm files to Slackware .txz packages using **rpm2txz** with the following |
-c ensures correct file permissions | -c ensures correct file permissions |