On 02/05/15 01:28, poma wrote:
>We keep getting further from answering that. Last week I began with a
On this list it happens all the time, including questions and answers.:)
Also this list is not:
"Customer Service Center"
"CERTIFIED Center of Excellence"
:)
.
No, as a rule this list is better than any "Customer Service Center!"
>phone call to Brother Tech Support where the only answer was in an
>e-mail follow-up. The guy I was talking to couldn't admit, after going
>off to investigate, that they had no driver, their response would be by
>e-mail:
>
>"Description of Solution 200000004054 *
>
>Currently, Linux support is not available for your Brother machine.
>
>For current support information in regards to Linux you may visit
>http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/index.html";
>
>That shows that they offer Linux support for many printers but none in
>this series.
>
Why not study the product and inquire*before* purchase?
Is the price priority or should it be something "else", it is up to each to decide.
.
I read the spec's carefully and knew what I was buying, it was CHEAP! My
HL-2170W needed either Toner, a new toner cartridge, or a drum assembly,
I could not determine which without some empirical testing and I had
nothing to try to substitute ... I consulted the people I buy toner
from, considered prices, and decided the printer Newegg had on sale that
morning was worth trying, a whole new set of parts for what it might
cost to fix the HL-2170W. Who could turn that down? The lack of an
Ethernet port worried me but I bought it anyway and paid for that with
my time required to get the damned thing set to where I could access it
with the browser.
Not that I recommend, but few*details* catches the eye, and it is applicable to any printer of any manufacturer:
- HL-L2340DW:
a) Wireless 802.11b/g/n, Hi-Speed USB 2.0, Wi Fi Direct
b) 1-line LCD display
- HL-L2380DW:
a) Wireless 802.11b/g/n, Hi-Speed USB 2.0, Ethernet, Wi Fi Direct
b) 2.7" Color TouchScreen Display
c) Copying and high-quality color scanning
Ref.
http://www.amazon.com/Brother-HL-L2340DW-Printing-Wireless-Networking/dp/B00LZS5EEI
Whether a particular model actually has the Ethernet should always carefully check.
Because of the lack of the Ethernet,*any* network-capable printer is just a good joke.
Always has to go with the Ethernet, and only then with the WiFi, NFC, etc.
In this way, it "should" be possible to access WebUI management without hassle.
Is it so with the Brother, do not ask me.
1-line LCD display!?:)
Welcome to the year 2015.
.
Yes, a tiny one line display with no backlight. I needed a flashlight
and a magnifier to read it!
Nor I can not comment on what is the*actual* support for "Linux".
BTW Linux is just a kernel.:)
How many there are technical illiteracy in the world it is actually amazing.
Besides the Brother is neither the first nor the last manufacturer of printers.
.
My experience with Brother has been generally good. They don't do things
to make it difficult to refill their toner cartridges, just pull a plug
out and pour in the toner, reset a "flag gear" and it thinks it has a
new Brother cartridge.
I have had ink jet printers that required special tools to reset the
cartridge, even an HP laser printer that needed a special tool to make a
fill hole, etc. So I stick with the one I know.
What happened to service manuals with electronic schematics, etc? There
was a time when every "two-way" radio came with complete service
information! Who has ever seen such stuff for a computer or it's
peripherals?
I guess I expect too much,
Bob
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