Hi, I have heard the European Cannon web sites have Linux drivers whereas the US sites do not. I have not verified this but it might be worth a look. Peace, Allan 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. > > Dave M > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >