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@gtalug.org> wrote:

| From: Lennart Sorensen via talk <talk@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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