The driver support for Linux is just awful. I couldn’t get the Brother 7055W to work on Arch. It worked on Fedora though, but I don’t have that anymore.
I’ve had two Brother laser printers now, in both cases drivers were packaged as either .deb or .rpm.
I’m currently running a Brother HL-L2395DW mono multifunction laser printer under KDE Neon, and both the scanner and printer work perfectly over the network.
HP can make good printers. It has the right hardware, capabilities and price (Of the printers, not the ink) to be a very good product. It’s just their obnoxiously asshole-design software that is designed to make you to keep paying for using a product you already own.
Best printer 2023: just buy this Brother laser printer everyone has, it’s fine - The Verge
(or a laser printer in general, Brother is just a Known Brand)
The driver support for Linux is just awful. I couldn’t get the Brother 7055W to work on Arch. It worked on Fedora though, but I don’t have that anymore.
I gave up also. The entire software experience is just shit and buggy as hell. Avoid.
I’ve had two Brother laser printers now, in both cases drivers were packaged as either .deb or .rpm.
I’m currently running a Brother HL-L2395DW mono multifunction laser printer under KDE Neon, and both the scanner and printer work perfectly over the network.
But I’m on Arch
That article was a surprisingly funny read. Thanks for sharing it.
HP can make good printers. It has the right hardware, capabilities and price (Of the printers, not the ink) to be a very good product. It’s just their obnoxiously asshole-design software that is designed to make you to keep paying for using a product you already own.
I have this one. NEVER had an issue with it. It’s now years that I use it with 3rd party cartridges without problems.
Can confirm. Support brother for their ethics and quality.