On Tue, 16 Jul 2019 05:55:33 +0000 William Unruh wrote:

> On 2019-07-15, Markus Robert Kessler  wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> for printing, making copies and sending / receiving faxes from time to
>> time, I am using an
>>
>> "All-in-one" Fax / Scanner / Laserprinter, HP MFPM 127 fn.
>>
>> After installing HPLIP it worked fine under Ubuntu, Mageia and even on
>> a Raspberry with Raspbian Stretch.
>>
>> But, high-resolution fax never worked (standalone), scanning and hence
>> copying is slow, and the nechanical part gets worse every day.
>>
>> So, I am looking for a replacement, but don't know, what to choose.
>>
>> HP seems good, but I hope that the newer models no longer have the
>> mentione flaws. With Epson or Samsung I have less experience.
>>
>> I also have a Brother Laser printer, which is really good, but I am not
>> sure if this is valid for their fax machines, also.
>>
>> Can someone give a recommendation?
>>
>> I don't need Mac OS support, or fancy Windows drivers.
>
> Well, those are what give you the PPD files that Linux needs.
>
>
> A slightly tangential report. When I was looking for a scanner, I
> discovered that the speed of the scanners differed hugely (by factors of
> 10). I finally settled on an Epson 1660 scanner, which is fast (perhaps
> 5 sec for a 300dpi full page, slower for higher resulution vs a minute
> for one of the other models I tried).
>
> Recall that a multifuction has to get three things right (printing,
> scanning and faxing) and a cheap multifunction has to distribute the
> money amongst three devices--ie, don't expect great behaviour out of a
> cheap multifuction.
>
> Do you really need fax? Can you not email the pictures?
> Do you have and old faxmodem lying around that you could use?

Hi all,

thanks for the recommendations!

Well, the mentioned all-in-one fax machines from Brother indeed seem to be
a good choice.
My other laser printer, Brother HL5450DN, also has a paper drawer -- this
prevents the paper from getting transported skewed due to dust and no
spiders crapping on it --, I can simply install it via PCL and start
printing from every Linux box.
And it looks as if the all-in-one fax devices are similar.

B.t.w.: Anyone have experience with Brother MFC-L2710DW family?
Brother claims that they can interwork with SANE scanning. Over LAN, or
via USB only?

@ William Unruh:

> Do you really need fax?

Yes, I need that from time to time.

> Can you not email the pictures?

I can, but my parents can't. The machine will be used by them most of the
time. So, it should be easy to handle, also :-)

But when I use the fax, it should be capable of sending in high / "fine"
resolution. That's one of the features promised by HP but dont't work.

Best regards,

Markus

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