<div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Any recommendations on best color laser printer that has an easy way to refill cartridges?</div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">It would seem there are no industry approved methods as they obviously want to recoup</div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">their loss when they sell printers so cheaply. I know of methods where one can put a hole</div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">in a cartridge and refill manually.<br><br><br>--------------------------------------------------------------<br> Roger Federer Fanatic Extraordinaire :-)</div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 10:45 PM Chris Irwin via kwlug-disc <<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Tue, Feb 09, 2021 at 07:49:58PM -0500, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:<br>
>So this is a question on a topic that was discussed in the past.<br>
><br>
>Background: Costco is shutting down their photo centres, which refill ink.<br>
>This means there are no good options for refilling certain ink jet<br>
>cartridges.<br>
><br>
>My question is: anyone using Brother laser all-in-one colour or monochrome,<br>
>that has an Ethernet port?<br>
>Did you get it working with Linux fully? Using the driver from Brother's web<br>
>site or some other way?<br>
<br>
I used a brother HL-4040CDN colour laser for a few years. I eventually <br>
had something fail in it, but that was more to the environment (damp <br>
basement it was kept in) rather than the device. I wanted something with <br>
a scanner, so replaced it with an inexpensive b/w Oki.<br>
<br>
The key thing I've learned is to get a printer that can process <br>
Postscript or PCL, and you'll never need to worry about drivers. I never <br>
installed the Brother driver pack to use mine. Even if your printer <br>
isn't on the list, you'll be able to configure a generic PS or PCL <br>
printer and manually select your capabilities (colour, duplex, etc).<br>
<br>
One point of warning, I did buy another Brother printer before my Oki <br>
that advertised scan to email on the box (a must-have feature for me). <br>
Turns out it was via link with desktop software only. So maybe look up a <br>
review first to be sure that the features on the box are actually <br>
features on the printer.<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Chris Irwin<br>
<br>
email: <a href="mailto:chris@chrisirwin.ca" target="_blank">chris@chrisirwin.ca</a><br>
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