Android printer recommendations
John Feole
jfeole at gmail.com
Thu Dec 16 17:43:47 EST 2010
When my old HP laser died I went lookin for a Linux friendly
unit and settled on the Brother MFC 7840w laser. Works fine with Linux,
M$oft and Apple
with no issues. Wifi and ethernet ready(i use it hardwired to router)..
JFeole
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On 12/16/10 4:02 PM, Benjamin Scott wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Tom Buskey<tom at buskey.name> wrote:
>>> But ultimately, I hate ink jets for anything other than photo
>>> printing. It doesn't help that most ink jet printers on the market
>>> are incredibly cheap crap.
>> If you don't need/want/lustafter color, get a laser printer.
> +MAXINT. Even if you do want color, get a laser printer. Modern
> inkjets are crap. The only advantage they have is high-resolution
> images. Laser printers seem to be limited to 600 DPI. Even cheap
> inkjets can go up to at least a few thousand DPI.
>
> (Anyone know why laser printers seem to only run at 600 DPI? Every
> one I've checked (and I've l looked at dozens of models) specifies 600
> DPI as the native resolution. I'm guessing it's something inherent in
> the technology, but don't actually have any data. (You may see units
> that advertise higher DPIs, but if you check the specs you'll find
> that's always "enhanced" or "synthesized" or "interpolated" or some
> other way of saying "not 600 DPI".))
>
>> I've been using a Brother HL1460n for 8 years now.
> A side client of mine has been using a Brother MFC-7440N
> printer/scanner/copier/fax for about two years now. It's been
> trouble-free. Pretty light usage, though. Overall it seems pretty
> good for what it's trying to be. Even does network scanning. The UIs
> are a bit clunky, but work. Haven't tried it with Linux, although I
> remember seeing a Linux driver.
>
> -- Ben
>
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