My anecdotal experience is that my Brother printer works just fine, after installing the driver of course. Delay until printing is in seconds. 🤷‍♂️ It's a WiFi printer, too.

[–] vividspecter@aussie.zone 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Don't even need a driver with modern IPP supported printers, they just work. At least with basic printing needs, but probably some gaps for complex stuff.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

Yeah, my particular one needs a driver unfortunately, but it's fairly old I think.

[–] peterhorvath@mastodon.de 0 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

@victorz @Know_not_Scotty_does "Just install the driver", so you must have a windows with it, too, only to use your own printer...

[–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah I went through the whole process to download the linux drivers and generate the package as outlined on the Brother website. I could never get it functioning properly that way. The generic driver that the bazzite/fedora print manager used occasionally works but again, it does weird stuff sometimes.

[–] peterhorvath@mastodon.de -2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

@Know_not_Scotty_does If the manufacturer gave linux drivers, they are probably inserted into your linux distribution. So you do not need to install anything.

[–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

My specific printer wasn't listed in the default print manager but it also didn't make a difference when I tried to manually add it via the brother website. Its an old and shitty printer, I need to just replace it.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

I don't have Windows, no. The drivers are packed in the AUR. If you install the driver on your Android phone you can also print from your phone. Android it's also Linux-based. 😁