Re printer question

[Matthew Flaschen]

grumpy wrote:
> On Wednesday 28 February 2007 01:25:34 pm D. Michael McIntyre wrote:
>> On Sunday 25 February 2007 9:26 pm, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>>> Be VERY wary of Brother.  Their support for Linux STINKS!!  I have a
>>> fed it tearoff edges from a box on the floor behind it.  When I asked for
>>> a true ascii wheel for it, they said we don't support linux and refused
>>> to even look at the parts book to see if they had one.
>> Just in the interest of fairness here...  HP gets my vote for easiest
>> inkjet type printer to get working with Linux.  I've got some PSC something
>> or other multifunction gizmo working just fine for Mom, scanner works,
>> etc., and I've had excellent results with other HP printers too.  (I've
>> never tried one with a built-in fax.)
>>
>> However, since migrating to Linux, I've used nothing but Brother printers. 
>> I run lasers, because I can live with out color, and when I print, I print
>> a gob of pages.  Brother lasers have always done the job for me with no
>> hassles at all, and I see no reason to feel that their Linux support
>> stinks.  It could be better, like HP's, but it's adequate, and at least it
>> exists.  Of course, I'm speaking only of lasers, and have no idea how
>> Brother inkjets, etc., fare.
>>
>> --
>> D. Michael McIntyre
> The Samsung ML 2010 laser printer has been giving me great service and most 
> linux distros can configure it automatically best of all it only cost around 
> $130.00

I also use that, and even though the formatting isn't perfect, it works
pretty well and can be automatically installed (though you might have to
use the Samsung ML-4500 gdi menu entry).

Matthew Flaschen

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