[kwlug-disc] Brother Laser All-In-One, colour and monochrome

[Federer Fanatic]

Any recommendations on best color laser printer that has an easy way to
refill cartridges?
It would seem there are no industry approved methods as they obviously want
to recoup
their loss when they sell printers so cheaply. I know of methods where one
can put a hole
in a cartridge and refill manually.


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On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 10:45 PM Chris Irwin via kwlug-disc <
kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 09, 2021 at 07:49:58PM -0500, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
> >So this is a question on a topic that was discussed in the past.
> >
> >Background: Costco is shutting down their photo centres, which refill ink.
> >This means there are no good options for refilling certain ink jet
> >cartridges.
> >
> >My question is: anyone using Brother laser all-in-one colour or
> monochrome,
> >that has an Ethernet port?
> >Did you get it working with Linux fully? Using the driver from Brother's
> web
> >site or some other way?
>
> I used a brother HL-4040CDN colour laser for a few years. I eventually
> had something fail in it, but that was more to the environment (damp
> basement it was kept in) rather than the device. I wanted something with
> a scanner, so replaced it with an inexpensive b/w Oki.
>
> The key thing I've learned is to get a printer that can process
> Postscript or PCL, and you'll never need to worry about drivers. I never
> installed the Brother driver pack to use mine. Even if your printer
> isn't on the list, you'll be able to configure a generic PS or PCL
> printer and manually select your capabilities (colour, duplex, etc).
>
> One point of warning, I did buy another Brother printer before my Oki
> that advertised scan to email on the box (a must-have feature for me).
> Turns out it was via link with desktop software only. So maybe look up a
> review first to be sure that the features on the box are actually
> features on the printer.
>
> --
> Chris Irwin
>
> email:   chris at chrisirwin.ca
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>
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