Printer for linux?
Evening chaps,
I'm in the market for a printer and would appreciate any
recommendations. I should think this is an oft asked question, but since
the printer market seems to move at a rapier like pace, thought it ok to
ask again for any recent experiences.
I'd like a networked monochrome laser printer with duplex printing.
I have no experience at all of printing with linux, and the couple of
HOWTOs I've looked at suggest to me it's rarely a simple matter to get
things up and running.
My potted understanding is that unix/linux applications generally output
postscript formatted data for printing and since Joe Public can't afford
a postcript capable printer, postscript interpreters (eg ghostscript)
have been developed which sit in between postscript data streams and non
postscript (HP PCL?) printers. Do correct me if I'm wrong with any of this.
I've been looking at the Brother range, in particular the HL-5250DN...
http://www.printerbase.co.uk/spec/pdf/brother_hl5250dn.pdf
(spec on page 2)
...which has true 1200x1200 resolution - but only 600x600 for a linux
machine for some reason... (I should also say that windows applications
will also be driving this thing).
My main query in respect of this printer is Brother's "BR-Script". Does
anyone understand this? Is it a proprietary effort to do the same thing
as ghostscript, or does it mean you can actually treat the printer like
a real postscript machine?
Any advice gratefully received,
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