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 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 14.0 for printing and scanning.+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 http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/index.html and download the appropriate drivers in .rpm format.+Visit the Brother Linux Driver Homepage https://support.brother.com and download the appropriate drivers in .rpm format.
 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 packages from http://taper.alienbase.nl/mirrors/people/alien/multilib/14.0/+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 packageNewer models may also require the multilib gcc-g++ packageThese 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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 <code> <code>
-mkdir tempcd tempexplodepkg ../brscan4-0.4.1-x86_64-3.txz+mkdir temp 
 +cd temp 
 +explodepkg ../brscan4-0.4.1-x86_64-3.txz
 nano install/doinst.sh nano install/doinst.sh
-makepkg /sbin/makepkg -l y -c y ../brscan4-0.4.1-x86_64-3.txz+makepkg -l y -c y ../brscan4-0.4.1-x86_64-3.txz
 </code> </code>
  
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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]" and that this mode is not compatible with Linux. Set your scanning software (e.g. xsane) to use "24bit Color" as the default scanning mode.</note>
  
  
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