My partner and I are thinking about getting a Brother laser printer for home use in the near future. How difficult is it to get a newer model working in a Linux ecosystem? Are there any specific drivers we should look into installing, if a specific driver isn’t available for the model we end up getting? Any advice for connecting it to our network?
I got my trusty HL-L2360D. It doesn’t print color, but nor do I need to. I mainly use it as a network printer, thru its ethernet port. The USB printing works with no issue on Linux using the USB-IPP. It uses dry toner, so no issue of having to buy new cartridge after not printing a while.
I think I read somewhere they’re trying to add some bullshit features on their newer products to “compete” with the other shitty printers. I hope I’m wrong on this.