Re: Printer needed

From	Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc, comp.sys.mac.misc, comp.sys.mac.printing, comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Printer needed
Date	2015-03-02 15:09 -0500
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On 2/28/15 6:05 p, Lewis wrote:
> Okay, so one time? In band camp? DaveC <invalid@invalid.net> was all, like:
>>>> Need advice!!
>>>>
>>>> Need an inexpensive laser printer that can do the occasional large job --
>>>> couple hundred pages within a few hours -- without being overwhelmed or
>>>> worse. Suggestions??
>>>> mitchell
>
>>> look at Brother laser printersI have one from 2006 which was recommended on
>>> this site and is still chugging away after 70,000 copiesHank
>
>> for mac users it is important to give some thought to driver availability. hp
>> has some history of discontinuing drivers after the OS has been updated a few
>> times. in my experience brother has released new drivers for old models
>> regularly for new OS revisions when hp¹s solution was ³buy a new printer².
>
> I've been very happy with Brother printers and their support and their
> drivers. Brother is the brand I recommend to everyone over HP or Epson,
> neither of which I've been much impressed with.

Well, I'd like to be pleased with Brother printers, but I recommended a 
HL-4070CDW a few years ago to a friend as a replacement for an aging HP 
4500 because the new HPs are not supposed to be nearly as good as the 
old ones were.

We have _never_ been able to get the Brother to reproduce the color on 
the paper as it is on the screen. This is a real PITA for proofing. Yet, 
the HP, ancient as it is, still produces nearly perfect renditions of 
the screen. We've taken the HP apart several times to clean and rehab 
the rollers and feed mechanisms to keep it going because the proofing is 
essential to the workflow.

Both are PostScript printers. I tried fooling with color profiles with 
the Brother, but none of my amateur efforts worked. It's like the 
printer needs to be 'calibrated' the way you would with a monitor or 
scanner, but I don't know how to do that. I looked at Brother's website 
but found no help. There were instructions for boosting/reducing the 
output of each of the toner cartridges, but that resulted in very crude 
changes in color at best. Anyone have any suggestions? TIA

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Re: Printer needed DaveC <invalid@invalid.net> - 2015-02-28 14:41 -0800
  Re: Printer needed Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-02-28 23:05 +0000
    Re: Printer needed Fester Bestertester <fbt@fbt.net> - 2015-02-28 21:50 -0800
      Re: Printer needed Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-01 12:22 +0000
        Re: Printer needed dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-03-02 09:22 +1300
          Re: Printer needed Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-01 20:29 +0000
          Re: Printer needed Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-03-01 23:36 +0000
    Re: Printer needed Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2015-03-02 15:09 -0500
      Re: Printer needed DaveC <invalid@invalid.net> - 2015-03-04 22:45 -0800
        Re: Printer needed Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2015-03-05 12:16 -0500
          Re: Printer needed DaveC <invalid@invalid.net> - 2015-03-05 11:45 -0800
            Re: Printer needed Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-06 13:39 +1300
              Re: Printer needed Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-06 01:16 +0000
              Re: Printer needed Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-06 18:16 +1300
                Re: Printer needed "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2015-03-07 22:38 +0000
                Re: Printer needed Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-03-07 18:01 -0500
              Re: Printer needed Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2015-03-06 11:36 -0500
                Re: Printer needed Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-03-07 09:53 +1300
  Re: Printer needed Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-03-01 07:57 -0500
    Re: Printer needed jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-03-02 04:01 +1300
      Re: Printer needed sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-03-01 18:09 +0000
  Re: Printer needed Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2015-03-02 20:12 -0800

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