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Brother HL-1270N
BW laser printer, max. 1200x600 dpi, works Perfectly
Recommended driver: hl1250 (Home page, view PPD, download PPD) Generic instructions for: CUPS, LPD, LPRng, PPR, PDQ, no spooler

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Edited Notes

Plug and Print. Flawless.
1200x600 mode requires a different driver. I can't tell the difference when using 600x600.
Supports Parallel, USB, and Ethernet out of the box.
Comes with 4MB of RAM upgradable to 36MB with a single 72-pin SIMM.
Emulates PCL6 and Level 2 Postscript.

Brother publishes proprietary Linux drivers for CUPS and LPD for most of their laser printers and multi-function devices, including SANE drivers for the scanners. They can be downloaded free of charge on their Linux driver page.

Consumables/Refills: Toner TN430 (3k pages) or TN460 (6k pages) DR400 Drum Unit

User Notes

PRINTER WILL NOT PRINT

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Discussion forum

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Miscellaneous

Printer does not support PJL.
Printer supports direct text printing with the `us-ascii' charset.
No known autodetection signatures.

Drivers

The following driver(s) are known to drive this printer:

Recommended driver:

hl1250 (driver home page)

I bet this works for the 1200x600 mode; if not let me know.
This driver is free software.

Type: Ghostscript built-in

Download:

PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD

Other drivers:

gimp-print (driver home page)

This driver is obsolete. Recommended replacement driver: gutenprint

This driver is free software.

Type: CUPS Raster

gutenprint (driver home page)

Top Quality Printer Drivers for inkjets, dye sublimation printers, and PCL lasers
Supplier: Gutenprint project
License: GPL (free software)

User support:

Gutenprint mailing list at SourceForge (voluntary)

Color output Type: CUPS Raster

Text:
Line art:

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Graphics:
Photo:

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System load:
Speed:

Unknown
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Download:

Driver packages: x86 32 bit (RPM for LSB 3.1), x86 32 bit (DEB for LSB 3.1), x86 32 bit (RPM for LSB 3.2), x86 32 bit (DEB for LSB 3.2), x86 64 bit (RPM for LSB 3.1), x86 64 bit (DEB for LSB 3.1), x86 64 bit (RPM for LSB 3.2), x86 64 bit (DEB for LSB 3.2) (How to install)

hpijs-pcl5e (driver home page)

HP's HPIJS driver - PPDs for compatible PCL-5e-based non-HP laser printers
Supplier: Hewlett-Packard
License: BSD (free software)

User support:

HPLIP support and bug tracking system (voluntary)

Max. rendering resolution: 600x600dpi Only monochrome output Type: IJS

Text:
Line art:

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Graphics:
Photo:

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System load:
Speed:

Unknown
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Download:

PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD

lj4dith (driver home page)

300 or 600 dpi PCL driver. Probably more memory-efficient for small-memory printers.
This driver is free software.

Type: Ghostscript built-in

Download:

PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD

lj5gray (driver home page)

This driver is free software.

Type: Ghostscript built-in

Download:

PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD

lj5mono (driver home page)

This driver is free software.

Type: Ghostscript built-in

ljet4 (driver home page)

Built-in Ghostscript driver for PCL 5e laser printers
300 or 600 dpi PCL driver. Probably more memory-efficient for small-memory printers.
Supplier: GPL Ghostscript
License: GPL (free software)

User support:

OpenPrinting forums (voluntary)

Max. rendering resolution: 600x600dpi Only monochrome output Type: Ghostscript built-in

Text:
Line art:

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Graphics:
Photo:

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System load:
Speed:

Unknown
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Download:

PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD

omni (driver home page)