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Black & White laser printer, max. 2400x600 dpi, works Perfectly | |||||||||||||||
Recommended Driver: Postscript-Brother (Home page, View PPD, directly download PPD) | |||||||||||||||
Generic Instructions: CUPS, no spooler | |||||||||||||||
Miscellaneous
Printer supports PJL.
Printer supports direct text printing with the 'us-ascii' charset.
Comments
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
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: | |||||||||| 100 | Graphics: | |||||||||| 100 | System Load: | Unknown | |||||||||||
Line Art: | |||||||||| 100 | Photo: | |||||||||| 100 | Speed: | Unknown | |||||||||||
Download: | PPD file: View PPD, directly download 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: | |||||||||| 90 | Graphics: | |||||||||| 100 | System Load: | Unknown | |||||||||||
Line Art: | |||||||||| 90 | Photo: | |||||||||| 100 | Speed: | |||||||||| 60 | |||||||||||
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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: | |||||||||| 100 | Graphics: | |||||||||| 100 | System Load: | Unknown | |||||||||||
Line Art: | |||||||||| 100 | Photo: | |||||||||| 100 | Speed: | |||||||||| 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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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: | |||||||||| 90 | Graphics: | |||||||||| 60 | System Load: | Unknown | |||||||||||
Line Art: | |||||||||| 90 | Photo: | |||||||||| 30 | Speed: | |||||||||| 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 | |||||||||||||||