FAQs & Troubleshooting

You can use the 32 bit version of a Brother printer driver with 64 bit Linux distributions. To install the driver:

For RPM-based distributions

1. If your distribution does not have a 32 bit library as standard, install it.

    

   For Fedora 10 to Fedora 32 users:

     yum install glibc.i686

    

   For Fedora 33 or later users:

     dnf clean packages

     dnf upgrade

     dnf install libstdc++.i686

     dnf install perl-File-Copy

    

   nss-softokn-freebl.i686 is a dependency and is also required.

2. Install the LPD/LPRng driver and the CUPS driver.
3. If the /usr/lib64 directory exists, check whether the "br (printer name) filter" file exists under /usr/lib64/cups/filter. If not, copy it from the /usr/lib/cups/filter directory.
4. Set up the printer using "http://localhost:631/printers".

For DEB-based distributions

1. If your distribution does not have a 32 bit library as standard, install it. (For example, install lib32stdc++6 or libc6-i386 for Debian, lib32stdc++6, ia32-libs or lib32z1 for Ubuntu.)
2. Install the LPD/LPRng driver and the CUPS driver using the --force-architecture option.
3. If the /usr/lib64 directory exists, check whether the "br (printer name) filter" file exists under /usr/lib64/cups/filter. If not, copy it from the /usr/lib/cups/filter directory.
4. Set up the printer using "http://localhost:631/printers".