[GTALUG] surprisingly okay laser printer on special at Canada Computers: Brother DCP-L2550DW

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: Lennart Sorensen via talk <talk at gtalug.org>

| I still hold a grudge against their laser printers from 20 years ago.
| I dealt with one that claimed LJ III compatible, but the margins it had
| were wider than the LJ III so pages were cut off if you used the driver
| it claimed you could use.  That is NOT compatibility.

It is what passes for compatability.  Compatability at the level you
want almost requires using the same laser engine.  And the same Font
licenses.

That's why is wonder about PPD files.  They most likely fix this
kind of problem (for CUPS).

Unfortunately, according to Stewart, PPD files have become complicated
and opaque.