My partner and I are thinking about getting a Brother laser printer for home use in the near future. How difficult is it to get a newer model working in a Linux ecosystem? Are there any specific drivers we should look into installing, if a specific driver isn’t available for the model we end up getting? Any advice for connecting it to our network?
EDIT: Thank you all for the feedback! It seems that generally you all have had decent experiences with Brother on Linux, depending on the distro, and that there are resources out there to help with any issues that might come up.
I don’t know about the newest models, but I’ve had a pretty good experience with Brother printers, CUPS works fine, and they do release their own driver if you really want to use that.
Even older Brothers bought used or refurbished are any excellent buy. They’re workhorses. Anybody concerned could just buy an Asurion warranty to go along with it.