Guys!
This started out with a pretty reasonable question about a particular printer 'has
anyone else got one working' - seemed a pretty reasonable question to me,
I and I would guess lots of other people on this list do not have such a printer - so we
didn't reply.
But somehow this seems to have developed into a flame war between someone who feels they
Must respond and the op.
For all our sakes - please chill it!
Sent from my iPhone
On 5 Feb 2015, at 09:07, Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin(a)wildblue.net>
wrote:
On 02/05/15 01:28, poma wrote:
>> >We keep getting further from answering that. Last week I began with a
> On this list it happens all the time, including questions and answers.:)
>
> Also this list is not:
> "Customer Service Center"
> "CERTIFIED Center of Excellence"
> :)
.
No, as a rule this list is better than any "Customer Service Center!"
>
>
>> >phone call to Brother Tech Support where the only answer was in an
>> >e-mail follow-up. The guy I was talking to couldn't admit, after going
>> >off to investigate, that they had no driver, their response would be by
>> >e-mail:
>> >
>> >"Description of Solution 200000004054 *
>> >
>> >Currently, Linux support is not available for your Brother machine.
>> >
>> >For current support information in regards to Linux you may visit
>> >http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/index.html"
>> >
>> >That shows that they offer Linux support for many printers but none in
>> >this series.
>> >
> Why not study the product and inquire*before* purchase?
> Is the price priority or should it be something "else", it is up to each to
decide.
.
I read the spec's carefully and knew what I was buying, it was CHEAP! My HL-2170W
needed either Toner, a new toner cartridge, or a drum assembly, I could not determine
which without some empirical testing and I had nothing to try to substitute ... I
consulted the people I buy toner from, considered prices, and decided the printer Newegg
had on sale that morning was worth trying, a whole new set of parts for what it might cost
to fix the HL-2170W. Who could turn that down? The lack of an Ethernet port worried me but
I bought it anyway and paid for that with my time required to get the damned thing set to
where I could access it with the browser.
>
> Not that I recommend, but few*details* catches the eye, and it is applicable to any
printer of any manufacturer:
>
> - HL-L2340DW:
> a) Wireless 802.11b/g/n, Hi-Speed USB 2.0, Wi Fi Direct
> b) 1-line LCD display
>
> - HL-L2380DW:
> a) Wireless 802.11b/g/n, Hi-Speed USB 2.0, Ethernet, Wi Fi Direct
> b) 2.7" Color TouchScreen Display
> c) Copying and high-quality color scanning
>
> Ref.
>
http://www.amazon.com/Brother-HL-L2340DW-Printing-Wireless-Networking/dp/...
>
> Whether a particular model actually has the Ethernet should always carefully check.
> Because of the lack of the Ethernet,*any* network-capable printer is just a good
joke.
> Always has to go with the Ethernet, and only then with the WiFi, NFC, etc.
> In this way, it "should" be possible to access WebUI management without
hassle.
> Is it so with the Brother, do not ask me.
>
> 1-line LCD display!?:)
> Welcome to the year 2015.
.
Yes, a tiny one line display with no backlight. I needed a flashlight and a magnifier to
read it!
>
> Nor I can not comment on what is the*actual* support for "Linux".
> BTW Linux is just a kernel.:)
> How many there are technical illiteracy in the world it is actually amazing.
>
> Besides the Brother is neither the first nor the last manufacturer of printers.
.
My experience with Brother has been generally good. They don't do things to make it
difficult to refill their toner cartridges, just pull a plug out and pour in the toner,
reset a "flag gear" and it thinks it has a new Brother cartridge.
I have had ink jet printers that required special tools to reset the cartridge, even an
HP laser printer that needed a special tool to make a fill hole, etc. So I stick with the
one I know.
What happened to service manuals with electronic schematics, etc? There was a time when
every "two-way" radio came with complete service information! Who has ever seen
such stuff for a computer or it's peripherals?
I guess I expect too much,
Bob
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