Brother HL-1240

Brother HL-1240

Post by Christopher La » Tue, 28 Nov 2000 04:00:00



Does Linux have any support for the Brother HL-1240 Laser Printer? I checked
linuxprinting.org and heard people had limited success. If printing does
work under Linux, what is the best way to configure it?
 
 
 

1. Laser Printer by Brother (HL-1240)

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IIRC, the HL-1240 is a semi-crippled beast. It supports some relatively
low level of PCL (PCL 4 or thereabouts), which means you can get it to
crank out 300 dpi output under Linux, but no better. If you want a
Brother, look at the next higher-up model, the HL-1250, which is capable
of doing 600 dpi via PCL 5e.

If you want PostScript capability, there are other options, but most or
all of them will be more expensive than the low-end HL-1240 or even the
HL-1250. Beware of printers that have PostScript interpreters implemented
as Windows drivers; these are akin to Ghostscript, and do Linux users no
good.

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