Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

From	Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Laser Printer recommendation...
Date	2017-08-08 16:40 +0200
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On Tue, 4 Jul 2017 12:03:45 +0100
Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:

> On Mon 03 Jul 2017 at 19:15:19 -0400, Celejar wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 3 Jul 2017 14:46:08 -0400
> > Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> wrote:
> > 
> > ...
> > 
> > > A Brother with all of:
> > > 
> > > - ethernet networking
> > > - duplex
> > > - BR/Script3 (Their PostScript clone, which I think is actually
> > >   GhostScript)
> > > 
> > > will not need a driver.
> > > 
> > > Current examples: HL-L5100N ($170), HL-L6200DW ($250)
> > 
> > Very interesting, thanks. Is this documented / explained anywhere? I
> > think I understand why 1 and 3 might be relevant to the need for
> > drivers, but 2?
> > 
> > FWIW, my HL-2280DW meets 1 and 2, but not (apparently) 3, and indeed
> > does seem to require a driver.
> 
> I do not see why 1 and 2 are in any way necessary to use a printer
> without a proprietary driver. PostScript or PCL6 emulation is, however,
> a pre-condition. The HL-2280DW has PCL6 emulation.

Very interesting, thanks. I (re)dipped my toes into the mysteries of
printer setup, and (eventually) configured another version of my
HL-2280 using CUPS settings of "Generic / Generic PCL Laser Printer".
The CUPS test page printed out correctly, although I see that many
options exposed by the Brother proprietary drivers do not seem to be
exposed by the generic one, which makes sense, I suppose. I do like
those options, though (e.g., duplexing and "toner save" / quality
options).

I'll have to do more testing to see whether the core printing
funnctionality, at least, is on par with the proprietary driver's.

Thanks again,

Celejar

Thread

Laser Printer recommendation... Whit Hansell <skipper44@comcast.net> - 2017-07-03 14:00 +0200
  Re: Laser Printer recommendation... Adam Rosi-Kessel <adam@rosi-kessel.org> - 2017-07-03 14:30 +0200
    Re: Laser Printer recommendation... Whit Hansell <skipper44@comcast.net> - 2017-07-03 14:50 +0200
    Re: Laser Printer recommendation... Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2017-07-04 00:40 +0200
  Re: Laser Printer recommendation... rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-07-03 16:50 +0200
    Re: Laser Printer recommendation... Whit Hansell <skipper44@comcast.net> - 2017-07-03 18:00 +0200
      Re: Laser Printer recommendation... rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-07-03 22:50 +0200
      Re: Laser Printer recommendation... Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2017-07-03 23:50 +0200
        Re: Laser Printer recommendation... Whit Hansell <skipper44@comcast.net> - 2017-07-04 00:30 +0200
    Re: Laser Printer recommendation... Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-07-03 18:40 +0200
      Re: Laser Printer recommendation... Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2017-07-03 20:50 +0200
        Re: Laser Printer recommendation... Whit Hansell <skipper44@comcast.net> - 2017-07-03 23:00 +0200
        Re: Laser Printer recommendation... Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2017-07-04 01:20 +0200
          Re: Laser Printer recommendation... Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-07-04 13:10 +0200
            Re: Laser Printer recommendation... Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-07-04 18:20 +0200
            Re: Laser Printer recommendation... Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2017-07-05 06:40 +0200
              Re: Laser Printer recommendation... Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-07-05 16:40 +0200
                Re: Laser Printer recommendation... Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-07-07 12:40 +0200
                Re: Laser Printer recommendation... Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2017-08-08 16:50 +0200
            Re: Laser Printer recommendation... Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2017-08-08 16:40 +0200
              Re: Laser Printer recommendation... Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2017-08-08 20:10 +0200
                Re: Laser Printer recommendation... Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-08-08 21:10 +0200
                Re: Laser Printer recommendation... Jape Person <japers@comcast.net> - 2017-08-08 22:50 +0200
                Re: Laser Printer recommendation... <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-08-09 10:30 +0200
                Re: Laser Printer recommendation... Jape Person <japers@comcast.net> - 2017-08-09 13:20 +0200
                Re: Laser Printer recommendation... <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-08-09 14:30 +0200
          Re: Laser Printer recommendation... Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2017-07-04 16:40 +0200
      Re: Laser Printer recommendation... Whit Hansell <skipper44@comcast.net> - 2017-07-03 23:00 +0200
  Re: Laser Printer recommendation... Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2017-07-03 19:30 +0200
  Re: Laser Printer recommendation... Tom Dial <tddial@comcast.net> - 2017-07-03 20:00 +0200
    Re: Laser Printer recommendation... Whit Hansell <skipper44@comcast.net> - 2017-07-03 23:00 +0200
  Re: Laser Printer recommendation... David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2017-07-03 21:30 +0200
    Re: Laser Printer recommendation... Whit Hansell <skipper44@comcast.net> - 2017-07-03 23:00 +0200
  Re: Laser Printer recommendation... Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2017-07-04 03:20 +0200
  Re: Laser Printer recommendation... Georgi Naplatanov <gosho@oles.biz> - 2017-07-07 13:20 +0200
    Re: Laser Printer recommendation... Whit Hansell <skipper44@comcast.net> - 2017-07-07 15:00 +0200

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