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Printers: suggestions for known good printers? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by ikidd@lemmy.world to c/linuxquestions@lemmy.zip

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I have a couple of Brother MFCs around the shop and farm, and while they do work with Linux, I'm constantly fighting with them for scaling, orientation and printing really light half the time. Maybe I'm not using the right drivers, but I've tried several as recommended on the Archwiki (even though I'm on Fedora, mostly) and can't seem to get any joy out of them.

I just want a basic MFC BW laser that will scan, copy and print spreadsheets reliably. I have a LJ4000 at home that works great but of course that's not exactly something you go out and buy anymore.

Anyone have a known good current MFC they can recommend, and the driver package it uses to match? Goddam, I hate printers.

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[–] sauce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Goddam, I hate printers.

This is one of those universal truths. Complete newbs to seasoned IT pros and everything in between, they'll all agree.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

PC Load Letter?!

[–] infinitevalence@discuss.online 7 points 3 weeks ago

The brothers you have are the best you're going to get.

Make sure you have the brother driver's the actually do help. Everything on my MFC-L3770CDW works.

But yes things like scaling work it's just annoying.

What I will say is it's still better than Windows when it comes to just basic printing.