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

[Chad McAuley]

Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
> 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


Thanks for the opinions everyone.  I decided the price was too good to 
pass up and went ahead and ordered it on Friday.  Once it gets here and 
I've had a few days to play around with it I'll let the list know what I 
think.