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Black & White laser printer, max. 2400x600 dpi, works Mostly | |||||||||||||||
Recommended Driver: hl1250 (Home page, View PPD, directly download PPD) | |||||||||||||||
Generic Instructions: CUPS, no spooler | |||||||||||||||
Miscellaneous
Printer supports PJL.
Contrib URL: http://solutions.brother.com/linux/sol/printer/linux/lpr_drivers.html
Comments
USB connection, max. paper size A4, toner-saving functionality 0, 25%, 50%
Tested with CUPS on OpenSUSE 10.0:
Download-RPMs from Brother did not work, but using the PPD for the Brother HL-2060 foomatic/hl1250 did work (Media Source: Automatic, Media Type: Plain Paper, Page Size: A4, Resolution: 300dpi/600dpi, Toner-Saving: 0/25%/50%)
Using kprinter-gui from KDE "2 pages on one sheet" did not work (maybe solveable), but normal functions work without problems under OpenOffice, KPDF, XPDF, Firefox ...
Another user: Downloading and installing the RPMs from Brother worked for me (using SuSE 10 and KDE). With the HL-2030 drivers, the text was first shifted too far up on the page; this went away after deleting the printer in YaST2 and adding it again. Works fine now, difference to first user entry: Toner Saving only "on" or "off", but can select from a list of different paper sizes and media types. Printing two or four pages per sheet works fine from kpdf.
Another user: On Fedora Core 4, with KDE. hl1250 driver worked for me, except when printing 2 pages on one sheet (margins were wrong). hl2030 driver from brother works perfectly for me.
Another user: Also works fine (multiple pages, toner save etc) on Kubuntu 6.06 with the Debian Brother drivers. Easy installation instructions here. I first had to enable the browser-based admin for cupsys.
Note: 12 Dec 06: Brother now seems to have new .deb drivers that also support 1200 dpi resolution.
Another user: If you only get low-resolution graphics when printing PDFs (using Acrobat) try using the hpijs-pcl5e driver instead of the recommended hl1250.
Another user: With Ubuntu 7.10, the printer worked out of the box. No installation, no anything.
Another user: Works pretty well with Brother's HL-2030 driver. The only minor problem I have for the moment is that the margins are larger than announced.
Consumables/Refills: Toner: Brother toner TN-2000 s/w (2.500 pages at 5%); drum unit: DR-2000Drivers
The following driver(s) are known to drive this printer:
Recommended driver:
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For Debian Etch users: take ljet4 filter from magicfilter
and change the gs invocation to "[...] sDEVICE=hl1250
[...]", then configure lprng/magicfilter as
usual.
This driver is free software. | ||||||||||||||||
Type: Ghostscript built-in | ||||||||||||||||
Download: | PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD | |||||||||||||||
Other drivers:
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This driver is obsolete. Recommended replacement driver: gutenprint | ||||||||||||||||
This driver is free software. | ||||||||||||||||
Type: CUPS Raster | ||||||||||||||||
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Top Quality Printer Drivers for inkjets, dye sublimation printers,
and PCL lasers
Supplier: Gutenprint project License: GPL (free software) | ||||||||||||||||
User support: | Gutenprint mailing list at SourceForge (voluntary) | |||||||||||||||
Color output Type: CUPS Raster | ||||||||||||||||
Text: | |||||||||| 90 | Graphics: | |||||||||| 100 | System Load: | Unknown | |||||||||||
Line Art: | |||||||||| 90 | Photo: | |||||||||| 100 | Speed: | |||||||||| 60 | |||||||||||
Download: | Driver packages: x86 32 bit: 5.2.7 (RPM for LSB 3.2) (Signed), 5.2.7 (DEB for LSB 3.2) (Signed), 5.0.1 (RPM for LSB 3.1) (Signed), 5.0.1 (DEB for LSB 3.1) (Signed), x86 64 bit: 5.2.7 (RPM for LSB 3.2) (Signed), 5.2.7 (DEB for LSB 3.2) (Signed), 5.0.1 (RPM for LSB 3.1) (Signed), 5.0.1 (DEB for LSB 3.1) (Signed) (How to install) | |||||||||||||||
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HP's HPIJS driver - PPDs for compatible PCL-5e-based non-HP laser printers
Supplier: Hewlett-Packard License: BSD (free software) | ||||||||||||||||
User support: | HPLIP support and bug tracking system (voluntary) | |||||||||||||||
Max. rendering resolution: 600x600dpi Only monochrome output Type: IJS | ||||||||||||||||
Text: | |||||||||| 100 | Graphics: | |||||||||| 100 | System Load: | Unknown | |||||||||||
Line Art: | |||||||||| 100 | Photo: | |||||||||| 100 | Speed: | |||||||||| 70 | |||||||||||
Download: | PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD | |||||||||||||||
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This driver is free software. | ||||||||||||||||
Type: Ghostscript built-in | ||||||||||||||||
Download: | PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD | |||||||||||||||
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This driver is free software. | ||||||||||||||||
Type: Ghostscript built-in | ||||||||||||||||
Download: | PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD | |||||||||||||||
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Built-in Ghostscript driver for PCL 5e laser printers
Supplier: GPL Ghostscript License: GPL (free software) | ||||||||||||||||
User support: | OpenPrinting forums (voluntary) | |||||||||||||||
Max. rendering resolution: 600x600dpi Only monochrome output Type: Ghostscript built-in | ||||||||||||||||
Text: | |||||||||| 90 | Graphics: | |||||||||| 60 | System Load: | Unknown | |||||||||||
Line Art: | |||||||||| 90 | Photo: | |||||||||| 30 | Speed: | |||||||||| 90 | |||||||||||
Download: | PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD | |||||||||||||||