Printer Question

[chris]

On 27/08/13 12:15, Robert Holtzm wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 05:57:43PM +0000, Juan R. de Silva wrote:
>> On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 05:51:28 -0700, Barry Premeaux wrote:
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>> I had before HP OfficeJet. It is a common consensus that HP is well
>> supported in Linux. In my experience however the Brother drivers are way,
>> way better then hplip. My HP OfficeJet did not have built-in duplex and I
>> had to use hplip provided manual "duplex" option. That is printing first
>> odd pages, then turning the pile over and printing the even pages. hplip
>> always screwed it up giving me headache. I not only had to turn the whole
>> pile over but I had to turn each page up down too. That was a nightmare.
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>> Speaking of quality of the printer itself, there is no way HP flimsy
>> printers can come even close with the quality of my Brother MFC. Very
>> sturdy build, reliable workhorse. I have a laser All-in-One with duplex
>> built-in (no wireless) and, since I get it on sale, it cost me much less
>> than the flimsy HP OfficeJet. After I've discovered for myself Brother
>> MFCs, I'd never go back to any of HP products.
> Looking at their web site I see no inkjet printers. I have no experience
> with laserjets. How do they work with long (weeks/months) periods of
> inactivity?
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In my opinion and experience, very well