[Discussion] Postscript Laser Printer?

[Chuck McKinnis]

Gordon Snider wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:47:44 -0600, Chuck McKinnis wrote:
> 
>> I have a Lexmark E260dn installed, and I have a lot of experience with a 
>> Brother HL-5250dn (I do taxes as a volunteer for the AARP Foundation). 
>> The 2 printers are very similar in function and operations.  Both have a 
>> browser based interface for setting up the printer and checking on the 
>> status.  
> 
> I have a Brother HL-5250DN.   How does one make use of this feature?
> 
> 
>> Both are duplex capable and print about 25-30 pages a minute. 
>> Both have a toner cartridge that is separate from the drum unit.  Both 
>> can be used from eCS by running the PPD import function.  The Lexmark 
>> has a separate envelope feed that the Brother does not.  
> 
> On my HL-5250DN the light gray front panel opens down into  a 'tray' that I use 
> for labels and cover pages.  It looks like envelopes (one at a time) could be 
> put through that.

The Lexmark has a little envelope feed behind the front cover.

> 
>> Amazon lists 
>> the Brother at $149.95 w/shipping.  You should also be able to find the 
>> Lexmark for under $200.  The Brother has a USB and RJ45 port, while the 
>> Lexmark also has the old parallel port as well.
> 
> My printer has 3 connectors on the back, USB, RJ45 and parallel.  I'm using 
> the parallel port.

I don't have the Brother here at home right now.  It probably does have 
the parallel adapter.  As I said, the Brother and Lexmark are very similar.

>> One note:  I have not been able to duplex from eCS to either printer.
> 
> I can duplex (if by duplex you mean printing on both sides of a page.  
> The driver I'm using is the HL-5150 driver that came with eCS 1.2R 
> 'upgraded' to HL-5250.  

Is that a Postscript or PCL driver?  I keep getting a Postscript error 
from the Lexmark when I try to duplex.

> 
> My only complaint with this printer is that I added a second printer tray but there 
> is no way to select tray 1 or 2 to feed from.  This seems to me like a 'driver' problem 
> rather than a 'printer' problem.
> 
> gordon Snider

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