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

[Chris Tyler]

While we're on the subject of printers in general and Brother printers in
particular -- why is it that you can get a cheap duplex BW laser printer,
and a (fairly) cheap colour laser printer, but duplex+colour=$astronomical ?

-Chris


On Tue, May 7, 2019 at 1:35 AM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
wrote:

> | 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.
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