| Brother HL-5050 | |
| BW laser printer, max. 2400x600 dpi, works Perfectly |  |
| Recommended driver: Postscript-Brother (Home page, custom PPD, Driver packages for: All architectures (RPM for LSB 3.2), All architectures (DEB for LSB 3.2), How to install) Generic instructions for: CUPS, LPD, LPRng, PPR, PDQ, no spooler | |
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Edited Notes
16 pages per minute, PCL 5e, PCL 6, and PostScript Level 3, 16 MB (144 MB max.), one tray for 250 sheets (max A4/Legal, a second tray can be added), 50-sheet multi-purpose tray, parallel, USB 2.0.
There is a Brother HL-5050LT with a second 250-sheet tray included.
Best results are probably obtained when the printer is used in PostScript mode with a PPD file from the printer's driver CD.
For the PCL mode see the page of the Brother HL-5040.
Brother provides a driver, too, but binary-only and only for LPD/LPRng. According to the printout quality it is based on the "ljet4" Ghostscript driver. "pxlmono", "gimp-print" (600 dpi), and "hpijs-pcl5e" (600 dpi) give a better grayscale quality and all special features of the printer are accessible by PJL commands.
Consumables/Refills: Separate Toner and Drum
User Notes
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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: Parallel Port or USB.
Drivers
The following driver(s) are known to drive this printer:
Recommended driver:
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| Manufacturer-supplied PPD files for Brother's PostScript printers Supplier: Brother (this printer's manufacturer) License: GPL 2+ (free software) | ||||||||
| Color output Type: PostScript | ||||||||
| Text: Line art: | |||||||||||||||||||| 100 |||||||||||||||||||| 100 | Graphics: Photo: | |||||||||||||||||||| 100 |||||||||||||||||||| 100 | System load: Speed: | Unknown Unknown | |||
| Download: | Driver packages: All architectures (RPM for LSB 3.2), All architectures (DEB for LSB 3.2) (How to install) PPD file: Custom PPD | |||||||
Other drivers:
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| 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) | |||||||
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| This driver is free software. | ||||||||
| Type: Ghostscript built-in | ||||||||
| Download: | PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD | |||||||
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| 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 PPD, directly download PPD | |||||||
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| 300 or 600dpi PCL driver. This driver is free software. | ||||||||
| Type: Ghostscript built-in | ||||||||
| Download: | PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD | |||||||
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| This driver is free software. | ||||||||
| Type: Ghostscript built-in | ||||||||
| Download: | PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD | |||||||
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| This driver is free software. | ||||||||
| Type: Ghostscript built-in | ||||||||
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| 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 PPD, directly download PPD | |||||||
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| This driver is free software. | ||||||||
| Type: PostScript | ||||||||
| Download: | PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD | |||||||
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| This driver is free software. | ||||||||
| Type: Ghostscript built-in | ||||||||
| Download: | PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD | |||||||