Customer Rating (4.0/5)
I bought this to use as a network printer, but the buggy control center software bundled with it only managed to connect to the printer on some of the Windows computers I own. The story doesn’t end there though. Brother has an extensive driver catalog supporting a wide array of operating systems, so I was able to rig the system up to a Linux box it sits near via USB and use CUPS to share it around the house. With that, all of the Windows boxes can now easily connect via Internet Printing Protocol without the control center software and using only the minimalist print drivers. There are even drivers for this thing on XP Pro x64 which is impressive considering that poor OS has become neglected by wildly popular software like iTunes, and this is not to mention the distribution-specific instructions and drivers Brother has made available on Linux.


































