On 2024-12-08 10:21, Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote:
If you are able, please recommend a black-and-white Postscript laser printer
that will work well with Debian (Bookworm). After 29 years, I'm finally, and
sadly, giving up on my HP LaserJet 5MP. At work I had problems with Linux
drivers for a Xerox laser, and I'm trying to avoid that. Some Reddit posts
favor Brother.
Some debian-user posts favour Brother, such as mine from September,
copied below. 😆
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
