Brother 32-bit Status in Leap-16

robhwill · October 1, 2025, 9:38pm

Hi all! I’m not seeing any new info related to what will happen/is happening with respect to Brother printers (mine is MFC-7360N) that require 32-bit drivers from brother. Is there a known workaround or some ‘compatibility layer’ tool that’s needed or. . .? Thanks - - robert

malcolmlewis · October 1, 2025, 9:46pm

@robhwill the applicable package to install is listed here https://doc.opensuse.org/release-notes/x86_64/openSUSE/Leap/16.0/html/release-notes-leap-160/index.html#id-steam

32-bit execution requires installing grub2-compat-ia32 and rebooting."

robhwill · October 1, 2025, 9:57pm

Thanks @malcolm for the reassurance. I glanced over that while reading because it was in the section marked ‘Steam’ and it specifically referenced grub2. Nice to know it applies system-wide!
Thanks Again! OBTW: What are we coming to? 35 pages for Release Notes. . . wow!

- - robert

mrmazda · October 2, 2025, 12:01am

Beginning with my current 15.6 installation, I’ve had no 32bit anything installed. My Brother HL5470DW laser and MFC8910DW all-in-one are connected via ethernet and using the “driverless” drivers for printing and scanning, no need I’m aware of any more for Brother’s own downloadables.

# zypper --no-refresh se -s -i print | egrep -v 'debug|devel|srcp|openSUSE-20' | egrep 'x86|noarch'| sort -f
i+ | libchromaprint1              | package | 1.4.3-150200.3.2.1              | x86_64 | UpdateSLE
i+ | libQt5PrintSupport5          | package | 5.15.12+kde151-150600.3.6.1     | x86_64 | UpdateSLE
i+ | OpenPrintingPPDs             | package | 4.0.0.2-1.33                    | noarch | OSS
i+ | OpenPrintingPPDs-ghostscript | package | 4.0.0.2-1.33                    | noarch | OSS
i+ | OpenPrintingPPDs-postscript  | package | 4.0.0.2-1.33                    | noarch | OSS
i+ | printer-driver-brlaser       | package | 6+git20230220.2a49e32-bp156.1.2 | x86_64 | OSS
#

deano_ferrari · October 2, 2025, 1:38am

Driverless printing is only supported by more recent models. The MFC-7360N, released around 2011, does not support this feature.

jonte1 · October 6, 2025, 3:18pm

Hi!
My old Brother DCP-7065DN(network connected by wired Ethernet). Got it working with old 32-bit deprecated drivers (installing grub2-compat-ia32 and… ). Even the scanner function works(tested Xsane).

Tested on a new 16.0 installation without 32-bit, installed “printer-driver-brlaser” and the printer part working but not scanning part. Have some problems with dual side printing. Unnecessary complicated to set up printer/scanner in several different places.
My HP Office Jet pro 9730E (HP-lip, Wi-Fi)works almost as expected and with little differences against to 15.6.
Regards

rrahl0 · October 9, 2025, 2:41pm

just to be sure, did you try to install sane-airscan and see if your Scanner gets automatically detected (you would still need to let through mdns through the firewall)

jonte1 · October 9, 2025, 6:01pm

Hi!
Searching in 16 for package sane-airscan. Not result. . Turned off Firewall. Not result. To old HW.
Tried to install trow local rpm repo., Regards
/JoDoc

hui · October 9, 2025, 6:12pm

test@leaptest:~> LANG=C zypper se -s sane-airscan
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...

S  | Name         | Type    | Version            | Arch   | Repository
---+--------------+---------+--------------------+--------+----------------
   | sane-airscan | package | 0.99.29-bp160.1.13 | x86_64 | repo-oss (16.0)

    Note: For an extended search including not yet activated remote resources please use 'zypper
    search-packages'.
test@leaptest:~>

hui · October 9, 2025, 7:50pm

Are you kidding? The output is from Leap 16.

test@leaptest:~> LANG=C zypper lr -d
# | Alias                       | Name                      | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh | Keep | Priority | Type   | URI                                                                      | Service
--+-----------------------------+---------------------------+---------+-----------+---------+------+----------+--------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------
1 | openSUSE:repo-non-oss       | repo-non-oss (16.0)       | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     | -    |   99     | rpm-md | http://cdn.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/16.0/repo/non-oss/x86_64       | openSUSE
2 | openSUSE:repo-non-oss-debug | repo-non-oss-debug (16.0) | No      | ----      | ----    | -    |   99     | N/A    | http://cdn.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/leap/16.0/repo/non-oss/x86_64 | openSUSE
3 | openSUSE:repo-openh264      | repo-openh264 (16.0)      | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     | -    |   99     | rpm-md | http://codecs.opensuse.org/openh264/openSUSE_Leap_16                     | openSUSE
4 | openSUSE:repo-oss           | repo-oss (16.0)           | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     | -    |   99     | rpm-md | http://cdn.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/16.0/repo/oss/x86_64           | openSUSE
5 | openSUSE:repo-oss-debug     | repo-oss-debug (16.0)     | No      | ----      | ----    | -    |   99     | N/A    | http://cdn.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/leap/16.0/repo/oss/x86_64     | openSUSE
6 | openSUSE:repo-oss-source    | repo-oss-source (16.0)    | No      | ----      | ----    | -    |   99     | N/A    | http://cdn.opensuse.org/source/distribution/leap/16.0/repo/oss           | openSUSE

test@leaptest:~> LANG=C zypper se -s sane-airscan
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...

S  | Name         | Type    | Version            | Arch   | Repository
---+--------------+---------+--------------------+--------+----------------
   | sane-airscan | package | 0.99.29-bp160.1.13 | x86_64 | repo-oss (16.0)

    Note: For an extended search including not yet activated remote resources please use 'zypper
    search-packages'.
test@leaptest:~>

You need to verify your repos.

jonte1 · October 10, 2025, 1:32am

Workin with scanning my HP A3-color Officejet pro 9730E. Not older Brother. Sometimes I can get photos and print on glossy paper and chose tray . No I will not give up on Leap 16. Scanning 10X14 and 35 photos by ADF… A marvel.

Regards

Sauerland · October 10, 2025, 6:38am

Maybe you can get 64 bit drivers here:
https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist.aspx?c=de&lang=de&prod=mfc7360n_all&os=127&flang=English

jonte1 · October 10, 2025, 5:04pm

Thanks. A lot. I have receive from… No need to install 32-bit support (it’s working). For my Brother DCP-7065DN on new install (16,0) “printer-driver-brlaser” and “brscan4-0.4.10-1.x86_64.rpm” usual:

$ brsaneconfig4 -a name=SCANNER model=MFC-7065N ip=192.168.0.11

Working
Regards,
/Jonte1

susesteve · October 18, 2025, 6:07pm

I used the Brother-suppled driver install tool (earlier version) for my wife’s MFC-7360N on her 15.6 system. Go to Downloads | MFC-7360N | United States | Brother

Go down to What’s New, under Driver Install Tool, click on Linux (rpm). On the next page, under Utilities, click on Driver Install Tool. Agree to the EULA, and download the linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.6-0.gz file. Instructions for use will appear on this page. They reference the earlier version of the tool, but are they are the same for this version.

robhwill · October 21, 2025, 8:07am

[Solved]! OK . Please know that I was only trying to find in advance if there might be
problems when updating to Leap 16.0. Thanks for all advice, insights. Take Care

–Rob

system · October 28, 2025, 8:08am

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