On Sun, Aug 07, 2022 at 03:16:09PM -0700, Russell Senior wrote: > And if so, can they comment on how it works for them?
>From the replies so far, you've noticed that there are MANY different Brother models, and most models support Linux. I have a (huge) MFC 9440CN with an extra 500 sheet paper tray, which I use (rarely) for big duplex color print jobs, and for paper faxes. Large and HEAVY, but built like a tank. It uses a tray of imaging drums, separate from the high capacity toner. The Brother manual is fairly thick, and I often must refer to it, because drilling down through the numbered options to set up some of the zillion different print modes (tiled enlargement?) is NOT intuitive. It may have a Windoze control menu that is easier to use. My MFC uses a separate imaging drum from the high capacity toner cartridges. That's less expensive for high volume printing. I keep 8.5x11 office paper in the main tray, and have a spare tray compartment, which I switch between legal size and international A4. The Brother is cheaper and easier to maintain and far less finicky than my HP2605dn color printer, but it is Postscript emulation, and not as pretty as the HP ... ... when the HP is working, it tends to collect red toner in the laser compartment, which is a one hour teardown to access and clean. I print B&W documents and envelopes with Yet Another black-and-white printer, an HP 4100N with a duplexer. Keith P.S. I also have a working B&W MFC-2700DW and a for-parts B&W MFC-7420. Also a scratched imaging drum tray, and a scratched fuser from the 9440CN, perhaps usable for frankenstein-re-assembly repair. Free to anyone who wants to drive out to east Beaverton for them. -- Keith Lofstrom [email protected]
