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Re: Laser Printer recommendation...

From Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Laser Printer recommendation...
Date 2017-07-04 13:10 +0200
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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.

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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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