I think it might depend on what model you have. I have a hl-l2395dw (monochrome laser printer) and cups has never failed me. I’ve had zero issues with it and wireless printing works fine, I use arch and mint and both work fine.
Maybe its the newer printers? I bought mine in 2019 or so
My anecdotal experience is based on using cups and not installing brother proprietary drivers
I needed a Windows computer to set up the WiFi but other than that my Brother laser has been working without any trouble and without any configuration. I’m only a lowly Mint peasant, though, not a cool Arch bro.
Yeah, I have a dual boot system and Windows has some flaky USB drivers, disconnects all the time. It only works consistenty with a 1 metre cable, while Linux seems to work with a 5 metres cable.
idk I got better results with CUPS lmao
Except when you have a printer with proprietary drivers… (looking at you Brother)
I think it might depend on what model you have. I have a hl-l2395dw (monochrome laser printer) and cups has never failed me. I’ve had zero issues with it and wireless printing works fine, I use arch and mint and both work fine.
Maybe its the newer printers? I bought mine in 2019 or so
My anecdotal experience is based on using cups and not installing brother proprietary drivers
My Brother printer worked fine with the PCL 6 driver. I’d recommend giving that a shot first before trying to install the proprietary ones.
I needed a Windows computer to set up the WiFi but other than that my Brother laser has been working without any trouble and without any configuration. I’m only a lowly Mint peasant, though, not a cool Arch bro.
Yeah, I have a dual boot system and Windows has some flaky USB drivers, disconnects all the time. It only works consistenty with a 1 metre cable, while Linux seems to work with a 5 metres cable.