Re: [lopsa-tech] Linux printer / mono laser

[Dan Ritter]

On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 10:28:51AM +0200, Conrad Wood wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> My trusted old mono laser has recently broken down and I am looking for
> a replacement. Did anyone purchase a mono laser for linux recently?
> I would like to avoid any/all binary proprietary software if possible.
> Not a big fan of, for example, the brother driver stuff. Ideally it's
> got network connection and I install a PPD file and bob's your uncle ;)
> 
> On a sidenote: Old printer was a Brother printer which worked flawlessly
> for 13 years. Now a gear cracked and Brother support send a replacement
> gear free of charge. (unfortunately it's way too tricky for me to
> replace and other gears seem worn down too). Thumbs up for brother on
> that note!

All the Brother mono lasers with ethernet ports speak
PostScript. You don't need a driver for them, you just tell CUPS
what the IP address is and point at the PPD file -- most of
which are shipped with CUPS anyway.

-dsr-
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Re: [lopsa-tech] Linux printer / mono laser

[Doug Hughes]

I haven't gone wrong getting a refurb HP laserjet several times in the past. My 
current one is a 10 year old 2300DN. It's worth it to get one with a duplexer.
Then just use IPP from all your devices.

Sent from my android device.

-Original Message-
From: Conrad Wood 
To: "tech@lists.lopsa.org" 
Sent: Sat, 17 Sep 2016 5:01
Subject: [lopsa-tech] Linux printer / mono laser

Hi,

My trusted old mono laser has recently broken down and I am looking for
a replacement. Did anyone purchase a mono laser for linux recently?
I would like to avoid any/all binary proprietary software if possible.
Not a big fan of, for example, the brother driver stuff. Ideally it's
got network connection and I install a PPD file and bob's your uncle ;)

On a sidenote: Old printer was a Brother printer which worked flawlessly
for 13 years. Now a gear cracked and Brother support send a replacement
gear free of charge. (unfortunately it's way too tricky for me to
replace and other gears seem worn down too). Thumbs up for brother on
that note!

Conrad

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