I've never had an issue where I've let Windows do the drivers for a Brother printer, even if we had to use a different model driver than the actual printer, it's always just worked.
Now a Samsung color laser, that's another story. Until they came out with the Samsung universal driver, we had tons of problems with the drivers. Fred On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 3:48 PM, Michael Glassman < mhglass...@pioneerdrama.com> wrote: > Fred, I second not only the recommendation for Brother color laser printers > but also the bloatware issue. The trick is to never install the printer > from the accompanying CD! Instead, go to their support site > (http://support.brother.com/), find the printer, and download not the > "Full > Driver & Software Package" but the just the "Printer Driver" instead. > You'll get a clean install without all the other troublesome software. > > By the way, never let Windows automatically install the drivers for a > Brother printer itself; it's never come out right in my experience. Always > install the drivers manually. > > Mike > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > -----Original Message----- > From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Mike > Copeland > Sent: Friday, July 10, 2015 2:41 PM > To: profoxt...@leafe.com > Subject: Re: [NF] Color laser printer advice > > Thanks Fred! > > The one challenge I have had with Brother was that they LOVE to install > software! Their printers come with enough software to rival HP for "number > of utilities installed." Are their consumables reasonably priced? > > Anyone else had good times with a mid-range color laser? $300 to $600 price > range? > > Mike > > Fred Taylor wrote: > > Recently bought a Brother HL-L8350CDW > > <http://www.brother-usa.com/Printer/ModelDetail/1/HLL8350cdw/Overview> > > for my daughter's and my wife's businesses. They seem to like it. No > > trouble so far, but that's been my experience with Brother printers, no > trouble. > > > > Fred > > > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 12:30 PM, Mike Copeland <m...@ggisoft.com> > wrote: > > > >> Any recommendations for a color laser printer? > >> > >> Need one for medium volume printing, nothing over 8.5 x 11" stock. > >> Not wanting ink-jet...expensive supplies. > >> Not wanting Lexmark...multiple bad experiences with product. > >> > >> Thanks for all opinions! > >> > >> Mike Copeland > >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAJCBkso6QBS5qq-yNUfNZgRoBdmPyvPog=1crgkkzyx3jjd...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
