Brother HL-6 Driver

[Hooman Baradaran]

I have to disagree. I'm using a Brother HL-1435 (cheaper than the replacement
drum unit, yet really cool). It works flawlessly and the Linux desktop/server
now acts as the print server for Windows machines too.
The only thing is that I had to choose HL-1270 instead of HL-1430 (no driver for
HL-1435 itself).
You must Google and see what model you should be using instead.
I did a quick search and the HL-6 is in fact PostScript. You just need to enable
 it. This small thread might help.
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=stud.805444522%40winternet.com&rnum=13&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dlinux%2Bbrother%2Bhl-6%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26start%3D10%26sa%3DN

Good Luck

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Hooman Baradaran
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Quoting Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org>:

> On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 12:27:26PM -0400, Kareem Shehata wrote:
> > This is odd... I just managed to pick up a brother HL-6 laser printer. 
> > Neither cups.org, nor linuxprinting.org have any reference to it, though
> > the printing HOWTO states that there is marginal support for it.  I
> > figured linuxprinting would at least have a reference it being unusable
> > or something if that were the case, but I'm not quite sure of what to
> > make with this void.  Has anyone seen anything about this printer, or
> > other Brother printers?
> 
> My experience with Brother printers is that they are very cheap junk,
> support is terrible if you are not running windows, and just OK in
> windows.  The one I dealt with most was the HL10V which supposedly is
> HP LJ3 compatible, except it's margins are so wide that anything that
> expects LJ3 margins gets cut off.  So much for being compatible.
> 
> I highly recommend never buying anything made by Brother.
> 
> You want a Laser, but an HP or a postscript capable model.  You want an
> inkjet, buy an Epson.  You want a scanner, get an Epson.  Your life in
> linux will be much better.
> 
> Lennart Sorensen
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