While we're on the subject of printers in general and Brother printers in particular -- why is it that you can get a cheap duplex BW laser printer, and a (fairly) cheap colour laser printer, but duplex+colour=$astronomical ?
-Chris On Tue, May 7, 2019 at 1:35 AM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <[email protected]> wrote: > | From: Lennart Sorensen via talk <[email protected]> > > | I still hold a grudge against their laser printers from 20 years ago. > | I dealt with one that claimed LJ III compatible, but the margins it had > | were wider than the LJ III so pages were cut off if you used the driver > | it claimed you could use. That is NOT compatibility. > > It is what passes for compatability. Compatability at the level you > want almost requires using the same laser engine. And the same Font > licenses. > > That's why is wonder about PPD files. They most likely fix this > kind of problem (for CUPS). > > Unfortunately, according to Stewart, PPD files have become complicated > and opaque. > --- > Talk Mailing List > [email protected] > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >
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