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====== 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 | + | 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, | + | 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 multilib |
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**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 | ||
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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]" | ||