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Re: Does anyone know how to configure a Brother MFC-J5720DW with cups?



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On Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 01:29:11PM +0000, Brian wrote:
> On Tue 08 Mar 2016 at 12:36:56 +0100, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 12:02:14PM +0000, Brian wrote:
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > > You are not bothered about the security of the closed source firmware on
> > > the printer but are concerned about a closed source driver on the PC/
> > 
> > This is the usual dangerous strawman which leads, at the end, to do
> > nothing [...]

> I asked a question, one which may give pause for thought and give focus
> and direction to what is presumably the chief objective - printing with
> a Brother MFC printer. No argument (strawman or otherwise) was given; no
> view advanced. No Brother bashing. :)

Perhaps I'm a little dense, but I have a hard time reading your question
differently than "why you agonize about a non free driver if the whole
firmware of your printer is non-free"?

But I'm always interested in learning.

- -- t
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