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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