On 2024-09-11 12:18, Maureen L Thomas wrote:
My old HP is not working right and it is very old. I am looking at
laser printers and have always favored HP. But, in saying that I am
open to any brand. I always get an all in one model since it does come
in handy. Any advice is welcome. Thanks in advance.
Every time this question comes up at work, the response is always the
same: to send the latest version of this article:
"After a full year of not thinking about printers, the best printer is
still whatever random Brother laser printer that’s on sale."
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/2/24117976/best-printer-2024-home-use-office-use-labels-school-homework
My Brother MFC-L2740DW All-In-One Mono Laser (discontinued) is almost
ten years old and continues to serve me well. I am sure they have newer
models that are similar. It is on my WiFi network (as 192.168.0.42) and
also serves a Mac and a Windows PC.
- Open source CUPS drivers work (foomatic-db-compressed-ppds
20230202-1), though the Gnome print dialog seems to required for high
quality printing
- Closed source (?) scanner drivers work (brscan4 0.4.11-10)
I am on sid amd64. My setup notes:
CUPS config:
Use ipp connection and select Brother / IPP Everywhere driver
Description: Brother MFC-L2740DW
Driver: MFC-L2740DW series - IPP Everywhere (grayscale, 2-sided
printing)
Connection: ipp://192.168.0.42/ipp
Defaults: job-sheets=none, none media=iso_a4_210x297mm
sides=two-sided-long-edge
Options: quality normal, two-sided long edge
Sane config (run as root):
brsaneconfig4 -a name=Brother_MFC-L2740DW model=MFC-L2740DW ip=192.168.0.42
Check config:
$ cat /etc/opt/brother/scanner/brscan4/brsanenetdevice4.cfg
DEVICE=Brother_MFC-L2740DW , "MFC-L2740DW" , 0x4f9:0x320 ,
IP-ADDRESS=192.168.0.42
Cheers,
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Ash Joubert (they/them) <a...@transient.nz>
Director / Game Developer
Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/>
New Zealand
