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Brother HL-2060
BW laser printer, max. 1200x1200 dpi, works Mostly
Recommended driver: hpijs-pcl5e (Home pageview PPDdownload PPD)
Generic instructions for: CUPSLPDLPRngPPRPDQno spooler

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Edited Notes

8MB memory std; note that this isn't enough for 1200dpi.
Fujitsu SPARClite based.
Network option available, USB, Parellel, Serial std.
Also speaks PCL 6, HPGL, Epson.
Duplex option available.

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 cart/9000pages

User Notes

Works also up to 600x600 DPI with Brother HL-2030.
Works also up to 600x600 DPI with Brother HL-2040.

The drivers supplied by Brother have correct imaging area setting.
The hl1250 supplied here leaves a black line about an inch from the bottom
when printing a test page.

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Discussion forum

Look for help in our forum for printers from Brother.

Miscellaneous

Printer supports PJL.
Printer supports direct text printing with the `us-ascii' charset.
Known autodetection signatures: USB.

Drivers

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

Recommended driver:

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: 
||||||||||||||||||||  100 
||||||||||||||||||||  100 
 Graphics: 
 Photo: 
||||||||||||||||||||  100 
||||||||||||||||||||  100 
 System load: 
 Speed: 
Unknown
||||||||||||||||||||  70
 
  Download:  PPD file: View PPDdirectly 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  This driver is obsolete.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: 
||||||||||||||||||||  90 
||||||||||||||||||||  90 
 Graphics: 
 Photo: 
||||||||||||||||||||  100 
||||||||||||||||||||  100 
 System load: 
 Speed: 
Unknown
||||||||||||||||||||  60
 
  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)
 

hl1250  (driver home page)
  This may run the 1200x600 mode; if not someone let me know.
This driver is free software.
 
  Type: Ghostscript built-in  
  Download:  PPD file: View PPDdirectly download PPD  

lj4dith  (driver home page)
  300 or 600dpi PCL driver.
This driver is free software.
 
  Type: Ghostscript built-in  
  Download:  PPD file: View PPDdirectly download PPD  

lj5gray  (driver home page)
  This driver is free software.  
  Type: Ghostscript built-in  
  Download:  PPD file: View PPDdirectly 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 600dpi PCL driver.
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: 
||||||||||||||||||||  90 
||||||||||||||||||||  90 
 Graphics: 
 Photo: 
||||||||||||||||||||  60 
||||||||||||||||||||  30 
 System load: 
 Speed: 
Unknown
||||||||||||||||||||  90
 
  Download:  PPD file: View PPDdirectly download PPD  

omni  (driver home page)
  This driver is free software.  
  Type: Ghostscript built-in  

Postscript  (driver home page)
  This driver is free software.  
  Type: PostScript  
  Download:  PPD file: View PPDdirectly download PPD  

pxlmono  (driver home page)
  This driver is free software.  
  Type: Ghostscript built-in  
  Download:  PPD file: View PPDdirectly download PPD