On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 11:32:40PM +0100, Doofus wrote: > Evening chaps, > > I'm in the market for a printer and would appreciate any > recommendations. I should think this is an oft asked question, but since > the printer market seems to move at a rapier like pace, thought it ok to > ask again for any recent experiences. > > I'd like a networked monochrome laser printer with duplex printing. > > > I have no experience at all of printing with linux, and the couple of > HOWTOs I've looked at suggest to me it's rarely a simple matter to get > things up and running. > > My potted understanding is that unix/linux applications generally output > postscript formatted data for printing and since Joe Public can't afford > a postcript capable printer, postscript interpreters (eg ghostscript) > have been developed which sit in between postscript data streams and non > postscript (HP PCL?) printers. Do correct me if I'm wrong with any of this. > > I've been looking at the Brother range, in particular the HL-5250DN...
I have a brother HL-1870N and it works perfectly. At first there were no drivers specifically for it, but an driver for a similarly-numbered older model worked just fine. The 'N' was well worth the price. I just plugged it into my LAN, told it its IP number, and every machine in the house can access it (except for an ancient laptop that has trouble networking and my wife's very new one for which I don't dare tamper with the hospital's network setting (she's a doctor, and the hospital is paranoid about security)) It supports a large number of network protocols. > > http://www.printerbase.co.uk/spec/pdf/brother_hl5250dn.pdf > (spec on page 2) > > > ...which has true 1200x1200 resolution - but only 600x600 for a linux > machine for some reason... (I should also say that windows applications > will also be driving this thing). This may just be a metter of driver availablility. > > My main query in respect of this printer is Brother's "BR-Script". Does > anyone understand this? Is it a proprietary effort to do the same thing > as ghostscript, or does it mean you can actually treat the printer like > a real postscript machine? I just lpr postscript and pdf files to is with no trouble. For other things I usualy use xpp. Some browsers have trouble printing (mo idea why) and then I tell them to write a pdf file and print it. > > Any advice gratefully received, > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
