On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 22:06 -0400, David McGuffey wrote: > On Mon, 2010-08-16 at 16:30 -0700, John R Pierce wrote: > > On 08/16/10 4:23 PM, Utt, Lyle wrote: > > > I run a Brother HL-2040 by usb cable at home. > > > Works fine out of the box. > > > > and its replacement HL-2140 is $79 at Amazon > > http://www.amazon.com/Brother-HL-2140-Personal-Laser-Printer/dp/B0010Z1W06 > > has linux CUPS and LPR drivers > > http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/index.html > > and uses the same TN-360 2500 page toners as my MFC... > > > > > After reading numerous responses and checking with "linuxprinting" (now > "openprinting") I'll probably try to find a Brother B&W laser and avoid > the inkjet models. > > The boy has in the past, saved the files to a USB stick, gone to a > campus computer lab (they are in nearly every building these days), and > printed there. Since he lives off-campus, that is about the same PITA > as rebooting to Win7 and using MS Office to print the document(s). > > The low-end Cannon printer he has came bundled with the laptop through > the campus bookstore (his freshman year). Hind-sight is always 20-20, > and knowing what I know now, I would not have allowed him to purchase > the bundle. The younger son (2 years behind) went to school with a Mac, > no printer, and prints from the campus network. > > Thanks to all who responded. > Ended up with a Brother HL-2170W. Downloaded the PPD file and put it in the right place, and it "just worked" with CUPS on the usb cable. Thanks again...and this is a reminder why the CentOS mailing list is such a good deal. Dave M