printer suggestions - Brother

[Bob Rasmussen]

As I recall HP's changes in built-in fonts through the years, there are 
only two that are likely to have any relevance to filePro users:

1) Support for Lineprinter 16.7 cpi has disappeared.

2) Support for Courier (fixed size) has changed to support for Courier 
Scalable. This has required slight changes to printcodes.

Most other changes have had to do with variable-spaced fonts and/or 
other-than-ASCII character sets, which are seldom used in filePro output.

I can't address Brother's history.

On Sat, 13 Oct 2018, Richard Kreiss via Filepro-list wrote:

> Be aware that any output to this printer may look different than that of the
> original printer.
>
> I have found that although a printer has PCL or PCL emulation, one needs to
> be aware of the fonts included.
>
> One of my clients complained that this contracts looked different on a new
> HP laser printer he purchased to replace an older printer.  When I checked
> the fonts available, HP had removed 50% or more of the fonts that came with
> the older printer.  My client the purchased a font card for this printer
> which had the missing fonts.  This was obviously an HP profit grab.
>
>
> Richard Kreiss
> GCC Consulting
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Filepro-list [mailto:filepro-list-
>> bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of Richard D.
>> Williams via Filepro-list
>> Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2018 11:39 AM
>> To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
>> Subject: Re: printer suggestions - Brother
>>
>> FYI.
>>
>> I spoke to a Senior Tech at Brother who said the HL-L6200DW should work as
> it
>> has built-in emulations.
>> Turns out that is the key in the specifications. Look for a PCL emulation.
>>
>> I will post once I have tested this model.
>>
>> Richard D. Williams
>>
>> On 10/10/2018 11:50 AM, Richard D. Williams via Filepro-list wrote:
>>> Does anyone use Brother Printers with Linux Filepro?
>>>
>>> Can you recommend a low-medium volume Brother model for black/white
>>> printing.
>>>
>>> Richard D. Williams
>>>
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