Second-best Monochrome Laser Printers for Linux?
According to Google, HP are the best printers for Linux support. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find even one that meets my requirements:
1. Auto-duplex 2. High enough dpi resolution to clearly print small text. 3. Under $250 (hopefully way under!). So I have decided to give up on HP printers. My question is which brand is second best at Linux support? |
I have a 10+ year old Samsung laser printer which works fine with CUPS. I have heard from other forum posts that Brother has excellent Linux support at least for their mid-range models.
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One thing to consider is that for the cheapest models the printer's processor is very cheap and offloads much processing to a driver usually written for Windows GDI. Mid-range printers support a printer language such as PCL or Samsung SPL. As long as a Linux filter exists to convert from raster to this printer command language exists you will be fine. Another forum post highly recommended mid-range Brother printers for use with Linux that support PCL but to stay away from the cheapest models. You will get better Linux compatibility if you pay more. Toner costs are also a big factor as the cheapest models are given away below cost and profits are made on the overpriced toner cartridges. Before buying look at the price and capacity of toner cartridges. |
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I bought a Brother HL1110 recently and I'm very pleased with it. It's one of the cheap models that tofino_surfer warns against, but I specifically wanted the simplest possible machine because the more complicated something is, the more is likely it is to go wrong.
[rant]I will never buy HP again! Those people are crooks who cheat you cross-eyed. According to Adam Smith, capitalists who sell overpriced goods lose out in the end because people prefer to buy it cheaper from rivals. But HP have got around that by programming their printers not to work with the more reasonably priced non-oem cartridges. And they treat us Linux users as a captive market. Grrr![/rant] |
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*cupsModelNumber: 2 At the lowest end are Windows GDI printers which require the most complex drivers often 32-bit with compatibility libraries. So for Linux support the more you pay the better and with the top end PostScript network printers you don't need any Linux support. Quote:
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Brother HL-5200DW Brother HL-L6200DW Canon ImageCLASS LBP151DW Canon ImageCLASS LBP251DW Samsung Xpress SL-M2825DW They all seem to have Linux drivers, though not sure if that alone is good enough. Anyway, would like your opinion on these. I know you have a preference for Samsung, but would appreciate your thoughts. |
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I just did a blog on installing brother printers. Their drivers need 32-bit versions of glibc and libstdc++ but nothing else exotic.
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@tofino_surfer
Hazel was making a note of what she purchased and recommended. Since the title of the thread is 'Second-best Monochrome Laser Printers for Linux?' then Hazel's presentations are valid. Maybe her printers are not the best but are doable with a Gnu/Linux. There are not restrictions since the OP has requested that Second -best' is the fitting rule so the posts by Hazel are justified via the LQ Rules and my own decisions Quote:
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https://www.canonprintersdrivers.com...p151dw-driver/ https://driver-canon.com/canon-image...dw-driver.html https://www.canondrivers.org/canon-i...iver-download/ https://canonprinters-drivers.com/ca...251dw-drivers/ So generic, or the good stuff? I have no idea about most of the stuff you mentioned. I have sorta heard of CUPS, but that is about it. Whichever model I get, I will definitely be having the tech guy hooking it up, dealing with the drivers, etc., so I don't need to know much...just which one is best to buy. |
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