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Re:Brother [printers] have gotten to where they are now, by ... by antod on Monday November 27, 2023 @06:56PM (#38440353)
I haven't actually had any printer at all for a while, but we had a cheap networked double sided Brother laser that lasted for ages.

One of the best bits was the no nonsense Windows drivers and easy Linux Postscript compatibility that just worked out of the box.

I was willing to forgive a whole lot of flaws due to it's low price, but it turned out have very few.

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Re:Brother [printers] have gotten to where they are now, by ... by jacobgorm on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @01:40AM (#38443066)
I never got actual Postscript to we work on Linux and my Brother. It looks like the ripping runs on the host side, and what gets printed is bitmaps. Works fine on Mac and windows though.
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