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On Sunday 15 October 2006 03:44, "Duncan" <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> wrote |
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about '[gentoo-amd64] Re: Printer Setup': |
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> The Brother they have at work is a laser 4-way |
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> printer-scanner-copier-fax |
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Probably an MFC-7420, like mine, or possibly one of it's "big brothers." |
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They have cups, lpd, and sane drivers available for x86 linux, but no |
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support for other arches (including x86_64) last time I checked. They do |
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have a separate cups driver that allows faxing from your desktop. |
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As I'm on x86_64 and don't need a scanner much, I looked for other cups |
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drivers that were available from portage and found the |
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Brother MFC-9600 Foomatic/hl1250' driver worked fine for simple printing. |
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FWIW, I think Brother wants to be linux friendly, but haven't (for whatever |
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reason) but a lot of effort behind it. |
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-- |
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"If there's one thing we've established over the years, |
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it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest |
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clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." |
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-- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh |
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