I've got a HL-2170w that I think I picked up for around $50.00. Works fine out of the box with a direct connection. wasn't able to do the network connection from linux (had to set it up in windows then it worked fine) On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 10:48 PM, Alan Dayley wrote: > Our five(?) year old Canon i960 inkjet printer had finally gummed up > so bad we have given up on it. So we went printer shopping this > evening. > > We realized we rarely print in color and laser is so much cheaper per > page. Fry's had the Brother HL-2140 laser printer for $59. It's a > basic printer with three LEDs, one button and USB only interface > (http://www.frys.com/product/5533900). Bought one, brought it home, > inserted the toner cartridge, printed a self-test page and went > looking for Linux configuration information. > > The page at http://www.openprinting.org/printer/Brother/Brother-HL-2140 > was very informative. The instructions in the last comment of that > page are reproduced here: > > 1) Plug in the printer to the computer. Ignore all the prompts, hit cancel, > etc. > 2) Download the LPR and CUPS deb files from this link (or search for > them on the site): > http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/download_prn.html#HL-2140 > 3) sudo mkdir /usr/share/cups/model > 4) sudo dpkg -i --force-all --force-architecture [the two debs you > downloaded] > THE FORCE SWITCHES ARE VITAL FOR 64 BIT MACHINES! > 5)Profit. The printer should work and show up as "HL2140". > > I was installing on a 32-bit Kubuntu 9.04 system. I did NOT use the > "--force-all --force-architecture" options in step 4 above. I DID get > great results with the printer working right away! > > Slick and smooth. > > Then, I used the printer configuration application to click a few > check boxes so that the printer is shared on the local network. Then > I grabbed my wife's MacBook running OS X 10.something, told it to find > a new network printer, it found the laser printer and I from her > laptop I printed wireless-to-wired-to-LinuxDesktop-to-HL-2140. > > Slick and smooth. Easy configuration and my wife is happy. I'm happy! > > Alan > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >