We currently have a Brother MFC-5490CN. Printer firmware is dated June 1010. (yeah, 10 years old). Few years ago the brother software
wouldn't work for printing under Fedora. No problem, can print under Windows 10. Then it stopped scanning. Could still print...under
Windows.
Now, to fix the scanning features working I installed updated drivers under Windows, now it scans like champ, but won't print, at all.
Time to go!!!
Hence my question...
Jay
> Our office has had a Brother MFC-8510DN for at least five years - no issues. As has been said below, you do have to download and install
> the driver but the process hasn't been problematic. Having said that, I haven't pushed the limit on it's capabilities, just done rather
> plain printing.
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> On Sat, 2020-06-27 at 15:44 -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
>> On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 17:33:39 -0400
>> Jay Hart wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > If you had to rate which printer brand works better with Linux
>> > (Fedora and
>> > Centos), what would it be?
>> Any Brother printer that I've ever had the misfortune to have to deal
>> with either didn't work at all or if could be made to work, it didn't
>> work for long.
>>
>> If it's a Brother, run away as fast as you can. They're the cheapest
>> crappiest thing you can possibly imagine.
>>
>> My wife makes quilts and says the same thing about Brother sewing
>> machines.
>>
>
> I can't speak to the sewing machines, but I have to say that I've had
> very good luck with Brother printers. However, we have to be honest
> and acknowledge that I'm talking about LASER printers, not the $%^&*
> inkjet silliness.
>
> In my DEFINITELY not-so-humble opinion, the "run away as fast as you
> can" advice applies to ALL inkjets that are intended for home use.
>
> The only real differences I'm aware of between Brother and HP LASER
> printers are price, and the fact that the HP drivers are usually
> included in the distribution by default, and you have to download and
> install the Brother drivers. I'm sitting next to a Brother MFC L-
> 2750DW that is a year or so old, and it does everything I need it to.
>
> As always, YMMV.
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