| From: Fred Smith <fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> | I've been looking for a cheap multifunction printer/kitchen-sink device, | so given your success, I went to amazon and ordered one of the same thing. | Please cross your fingers for me! ;-) ;-) I will cross my fingers. Here's a sort of review and some hints. + great capabilities + laser printer + duplex printing (i.e. it can print on both sides of a page) + flatbed scanner + Automatic Document Feeder (one-side scanning only) + ethernet and USB interfaces + can work as a copy machine without involving the computer + very inexpensive, especially on sale (Canadian $100) + Brother provides Linux drivers that seem to work But: - big (multi-function machines seem to be) - noisy (but only when printing and a few minutes after) - toner cartridges don't last a long time and have a suicide mechanism. This message gives a procedure for bypassing the suicide: <http://forums.redflagdeals.com/amazon-ca-brother-dcp7065dn-3-1-monochrome-duplex-network-laser-79-no-ehf-free-ship-1225453/4/#post16099066> This procedure gave a lot of extra life to my first cartridge. After-market cartridges are quite a bit cheaper than Brother ones. The bundled cartiridge has reduced life and is missing a part needed if it is to be refilled. - the drivers are proprietary, promising a number of problems - when Brother doesn't care any longer, the printer will soon stop working on Linux - if something breaks, you are dependent on Brother fixing it - the drivers need to be installed on each machine that uses the printer. This isn't an automatic process. - they only try to support a small number of distros. When I bought it, I assumed that there were open source drivers since the many Brother laser printers I've used over perhaps 15 years have had them. I'd have paid a few dollars more for a printer that had an open interface supported by an open source driver. But since I got this, I haven't hunted down anything matching this requirement. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
