Re: [debian] Re: Brother MFC-7420
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 23:00:23 +0100
Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> wrote:
> Keith Bates wrote:
> > I've just bought a Brother MFC-7420 copier, fax, scanner, printer.
> >
> > Although Brother have drivers for lots of their machines there
> > doesn't seem to be one available on their site for this one.
> >
> > Does anyone have one of these connected to their computer? What
> > driver do you use?
> >
> > The machine comes with drivers for Mac OSX, which is based
> > on linux I believe. Is it possible to use them on a Debian linux
> > box? I know it's a long shot but thought I'd ask.
>
> I belive Mac OS X uses CUPS for printing so maybe that driver would
> work in GNU/Linux also?
>
> Check out http://linuxprinting.org they have listings and HOWTOs for
> most printers, there are also some good mailing lists, even a
> specific one for Brother printers. (If all else fails, try contacting
> Brother support, according to the lists they are quite friendly.)
>
Thanks sven, I'll give it a go.
I have contacted Brother but haven't heard back from them yet... but it
is less than 24 hours!
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