[geeks] Brother laser printers (specifically the 2170W)?

Sridhar Ayengar ploopster at gmail.com
Mon Mar 24 10:52:52 CDT 2008


ross-sunhelp at lonsteins.com wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 11:12:32AM -0500, Chad McAuley wrote:
>> What are everyone's opinions on Brother's laser printers? Buy.com has
>> the Brother HL-2170W on sale for $102 shipped[0] ($92 for new Google
>     [snip]
> 
> I'm not familiar with that model but I have a 5170DN, 5250DN and a
> 2820 multi-function laser fax that all perform perfectly with *nix,
> OSX and Windows. I've been recommending the comparable Brother models
> over HP for the last few years to friends and family and they have not
> complained about those units.

I can second that endorsement.  Brother's main selling point, the 
straight paper path really helps.

Peace...  Sridhar



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