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by **Jack Anderse** » Tue, 20 Apr 1999 04:00:00

Hi !

I am considering buying a Brother HL-1050 laserprinter. Has anybody
succeded
in using this under Linux ?

- I have searched the printer compatibility database listing under
www.picant.com/~gtaylor - but the HL-1050 has not made it to that list
(yet ?).
Otherwise it is a super list - super initiative.

The HL-1050 supports (Brother claims) PCL-6 - so I suppose it should
work.
But the Canon LBP-660 I bought was also supposed to support PCL - but
not a "PCL" version that works under Linux (as the compatibilty database
also
shows). Anyway - I am not going to be very popular at the store if I
return
another printer...

Jack...

by **Grant Taylo** » Wed, 21 Apr 1999 04:00:00

> I am considering buying a Brother HL-1050 laserprinter. Has anybody
> succeded in using this under Linux ?
> - I have searched the printer compatibility database listing under
> www.picant.com/~gtaylor - but the HL-1050 has not made it to that
> list (yet ?).

Ah, but it has (and it's been there since late February). It's
categorized as "mostly", and the comments say:

Excellent quality printing at 600x600 DPI. 1200x600dpi not available
without proprietary driver. Excellent paper handling, fast printing
from Linux/Ghostscript. USB interface included. Expandable to 36MB
with conventional 72-pin DRAM.

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Cellphone information: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/cell/
Libretto information: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/
Linux Printing HOWTO: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/

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