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After three months on Linux, I don’t miss Windows at all (www.theverge.com)
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[–] 17 points 4 months ago (8 children)

Brother printers

You've had this experience with multiple Brother printers, or is this anecdotal?

My anecdotal experience is that my Brother printer works just fine, after installing the driver of course. Delay until printing is in seconds. 🤷‍♂️ It's a WiFi printer, too.

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  • [–] -1 points 4 months ago* (5 children)

    @victorz @Know_not_Scotty_does "Just install the driver", so you must have a windows with it, too, only to use your own printer...

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    I don't have Windows, no. The drivers are packaged in the AUR. If you install the driver on your Android phone you can also print from your phone. Android is also Linux-based. 😁

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Yeah I went through the whole process to download the linux drivers and generate the package as outlined on the Brother website. I could never get it functioning properly that way. The generic driver that the bazzite/fedora print manager used occasionally works but again, it does weird stuff sometimes.

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  • [–] -2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    @Know_not_Scotty_does If the manufacturer gave linux drivers, they are probably inserted into your linux distribution. So you do not need to install anything.

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