> i don't like Brother stuff generally speaking > > i have had nothing but trouble, mostly on the software side > with various machines of various types > > HP ain't what it used to be either, IMHO
Brother printers have worked well for me so far. I've got 2 of them at work. A MFC-9700 multifunction laser (printer/fax/scanner), a HL-1650 duplexing laser (it can print both sides of a page). At home, I have a HL-1440, which is their bottom of the line laser (I got it for $89 on sale!). The MFC-9700 is hosted by a Win98se box, and is a LAN printer. The HL-1650 is hosted by a Win95 box, and is also a LAN printer. At home, the HL-1440 is hosted by a Mandrake Linux 9.1 (CUPS) box, and is also on the LAN. As far as work s/w goes, it's the usual suspects (Protel 99se, MS Office 2000, Acrobat, etc.) running on W2K and W9X boxes. At home, it's OpenOffice, Word, etc. on XPhome, XPpro, Win98se, and Mandrake 9.X, all printing to the HL-1440. Hmmm, maybe I have good success with the Brother printers because my host boxes are running either old versions of Windows, or Linux? Strange... Most Brother printers are well supported under Linux using the CUPS printer drivers. That support does not come from Brother, IIRC, it's those Open Source dudes that contribute it. As for HP, I have a HP P1000 (Photosmart series) inkjet which works well, although the most recent s/w for it sucks. What sucks about it is some print utility (SUCHOSTP) that runs in the background. When I try to shut down the W98se box, a dialog box pops up that tells me Windows cannot shut down because SUCHOSTP is still running. So I have to manually end that SUCHOSTP task, and then Windows will shut down. What's really wierd about it is that the HP printer isn't even hosted on the Windows box. It's also on the Mandrake 9.1 box (HL-1440 is on parallel port, HP P1000 is on USB port). If I were to roll back the HP Windows print driver to an earlier version, I could probably eliminate that quirk. But there was a reason I upgraded the print driver (some bug that I can't remember now). So, yeah, HP printer s/w does kinda suck. Most HP printers are also well supported under Linux with CUPS, once again by the Open Source dudes. IIRC, HP did cooperate by sending them specs, or something. Sometime next year, we will be moving the Brother printers (and an Epson inkjet) at work over to our Linux server, and retire the ancient W9X print host boxes. If interested: www.linuxprinting.org Best regards, Ivan Baggett Bagotronix Inc. website: www.bagotronix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Saputelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 6:27 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] PRinter Problems > > i don't like Brother stuff generally speaking > > i have had nothing but trouble, mostly on the software side > with various machines of various types > > HP ain't what it used to be either, IMHO > > ds > > _______________________________________________________________________ > Integrated Controls, Inc. Tel: 415-647-0480 EXT 107 > 2851 21st Street Fax: 415-647-3003 > San Francisco, CA 94110 www.integratedcontrolsinc.com > > > Kathy Quinlan wrote: > > Kathy Quinlan wrote: > > > >> Brad Kosiance wrote: > >> > >>> We recently had the exact same problem with a Brother MFC-6800. > >>> We had to go to Brother and down load a new driver to fix the problem. > >>> The printer is a new one and stopped working for some reason. When it > >>> was back on line those symptoms appeared. The new driver fixed it. > >> > >> > >> > >> I am using the latest driver for this printer V1.42 :( > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Kat. > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum > > To Post messages: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Unsubscribe and Other Options: > http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com > > Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the OT discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/ot_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
