On Mon 03 Jul 2017 at 19:15:19 -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Mon, 3 Jul 2017 14:46:08 -0400 > Dan Ritter <[email protected]> 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.
