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?
EDIT: Thank you all for the feedback! It seems that generally you all have had decent experiences with Brother on Linux, depending on the distro, and that there are resources out there to help with any issues that might come up.
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.