Multifunction printer with Linux support?

[JD]

  On 10/23/2010 10:13 AM, Steve Underwood wrote:
>    On 10/24/2010 12:52 AM, JD wrote:
>>     On 10/23/2010 09:31 AM, Mauriat Miranda wrote:
>>> On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 8:04 AM, Darlene Wallach
>>> <freepalestin at dslextreme.com>    wrote:
>>>> On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 4:44 AM, Henrik Frisk<frisk.h at gmail.com>    wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Zoltan Hoppar<hopparz at gmail.com>    wrote:
>>>>>> HI,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> mine is an HP Deskjet F4180
>>>>>>
>>>>> Good to know, but I want a laser printer. HP 2727 does have linux
>>>>> support but is getting terrible reviews. I think I'm going for a
>>>>> Brother MFC-8370DN, it has drivers for both linux and osx.
>>>> I saw very good reviews for a Brother MFC-8680DN
>>>>
>>>> http://www.brother-usa.com/MFC/modeldetail.aspx?PRODUCTID=MFC8680DN
>>>>
>>>> Costco has them:
>>>> http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?prodid=11497614&whse=BD_827&topnav=bdoff&cat=30256&hierPath=74140*&lang=en-US
>>>>
>>> Have an 8480 networked.  Haven't tested all the features on Linux.
>>> Brother in the past has been good for me with Linux.
>> Brother told me they do not support Linux.
>> They do not provide the same UI apps to interact
>> with the printer for Linux as they do for Windows.
>> In fact I have not seen any apps from them for Linux.
>> That's why I always use the windows machine to do
>> scanning, saving, faxing and copying. I have a shared
>> folder on Windows, so whatever I save there is visible
>> to my Linux machine.
> Try
> http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/index.html
> . Brother don't provide all the UI stuff for Linux that they do for
> Windows, but they do provide quite a bit of Linux support.
>
> Steve
>
I see no gui util support for the 9840cdw :(
That's what  I meant by lack of support for Linux.
In fact when cups is configured for a MFC-9840CDW,
it automatically installs the driver.
I have asked them maney months ago for a
GUI app for Linux, similar to what they provide
for windows - to no avail.