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Brother HL-7050
 
Black & White laser printer, max. 1200x1200 dpi, works Perfectly
Recommended Driver: Postscript-Brother (Home page, View PPD, directly download PPD, Driver packages: All architectures: 20130226 (RPM for LSB 3.2) (Signed), 20130226 (DEB for LSB 3.2) (Signed) (How to install))
Generic Instructions: CUPS, no spooler
 

Miscellaneous

Printer supports PJL.
Printer supports direct text printing with the 'us-ascii' charset.

Comments

30 pages per minute, PCL 6, and PostScript Level 3, 32 MB (288 MB max.), one tray for 500 sheets (max A4/Legal, more trays can be added), 100-sheet multi-purpose tray, parallel, USB 2.0.

Best results are probably obtained when the printer is used in PostScript mode with a PPD file from the printer's driver CD.

You can also get an RPM with the PPD file from Brother.

Consumables/Refills: Separate Toner and Drum

Drivers

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

Recommended driver:

 
Postscript-Brother  (driver home page)
 
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:||||||||||  100Graphics:||||||||||  100System Load:Unknown
Line Art:||||||||||  100Photo:||||||||||  100Speed:Unknown
Download:Driver packages: All architectures: 20130226 (RPM for LSB 3.2) (Signed), 20130226 (DEB for LSB 3.2) (Signed) (How to install)
PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD
 

Other drivers:

 
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:||||||||||  90Graphics:||||||||||  100System Load:Unknown
Line Art:||||||||||  90Photo:||||||||||  100Speed:||||||||||  60
Download:Driver packages: x86 32 bit: 5.2.7 (RPM for LSB 3.2) (Signed), 5.2.7 (DEB for LSB 3.2) (Signed), 5.0.1 (RPM for LSB 3.1) (Signed), 5.0.1 (DEB for LSB 3.1) (Signed), x86 64 bit: 5.2.7 (RPM for LSB 3.2) (Signed), 5.2.7 (DEB for LSB 3.2) (Signed), 5.0.1 (RPM for LSB 3.1) (Signed), 5.0.1 (DEB for LSB 3.1) (Signed) (How to install)
 

 
lj5gray  (driver home page)
 
This driver is free software.
Type: Ghostscript built-in
Download:PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD
 

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

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