Re: color laser printer?
On 1/25/20 10:03 AM, der.hans wrote: > What model do you have? > > When I was looking online everything was pointing at downloading a > proprietary tool from brother's site. > > I did find a package for brother printers and it lists two B/W printers. > This is the HL-3170cdw. Printer works perfectly as a plain PostScript device; or openprinting.org has a PPD for the similar 3070 which works fine: http://www.openprinting.org/printer/Brother/Brother-HL-3070CW There is a tiny wrapper program on the Brother site; it appears to only add support for built-in fonts and set a few other PostScript options... the installed bits (you can do this in a Docker container) are almost entirely text and an easily viewed binary that seems just to add the various strings. I believe the current model, HL-L3270CDW, should work exactly the same, although have not tested. \\/ --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: color laser printer?
Am 25. Jan, 2020 schwätzte William Lindley so: moin moin Bill, Very happy with my Brother color duplex laser (well, really, LED beam) printer. Works perfectly with cups ppd. What model do you have? When I was looking online everything was pointing at downloading a proprietary tool from brother's site. I did find a package for brother printers and it lists two B/W printers. ciao, der.hans Places like 123inkjets.com have low-cost remanufactured or compatible cartridges that work perfectly as well. The only noticeable overall performance difference is that whereas HP prints duplex pages faster (first-side-first-page, first-side-second-page, second-side-first-page, second-side-second-page), the Brother only handles one sheet at a time. The slower speed, in my experience, is not a problem because the Brother mechanism is less likely to jam, and is far easier to clear should anything go wrong. \\/ --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- # https://www.LuftHans.com https://www.PhxLinux.org # TXLF cfp extended to Jan 25 https://2020.texaslinuxfest.org/ # Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- # I took the one less traveled by, # And that has made all the difference. -- Robert Frost # I, OTOH, prefer to just go stomping through the desert... - der.hans--- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: color laser printer?
Very happy with my Brother color duplex laser (well, really, LED beam) printer. Works perfectly with cups ppd. Places like 123inkjets.com have low-cost remanufactured or compatible cartridges that work perfectly as well. The only noticeable overall performance difference is that whereas HP prints duplex pages faster (first-side-first-page, first-side-second-page, second-side-first-page, second-side-second-page), the Brother only handles one sheet at a time. The slower speed, in my experience, is not a problem because the Brother mechanism is less likely to jam, and is far easier to clear should anything go wrong. \\/ --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
color laser printer?
moin moin, Printers come up on here once in a while. Unfortunately, I need to dead tree something once in a while. I have a few events coming up where it would be useful to have printed materials. I'm annoyed at HP due to their proprietary inkjet cartridge games. I absolutely want something that doesn't require proprietary software. I want to avoid the proprietary cartridge crap. I would prefer something that has USB and does not have wireless. Duplex would be cool. ThinkPenguin has something. But, HP :(. https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/hp-color-laserjet-pro-printer-tpe-las454 Any recommendations that hit the above? ciao, der.hans -- # https://www.LuftHans.com https://www.PhxLinux.org # TXLF cfp extended to Jan 25 https://2020.texaslinuxfest.org/ # "Wasted day. Wasted life. Dessert, please." -- Steven Meretzky --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
