Color-Laser-Printer: Xerox Workcentre 6515DNI
I finally gave up my 15 year old color laser printer Konica magicolor 2530DL due a failed firmware update. I cannot find out how to reset firmware via USB-Stick since most links now go to 404 and DL model from is2003 does not have a parallel port anymore.USB and Ethernet is dead. Help is appreciated!
In opposite to the perfect Linux drivers the Windows Drivers became frustrating with a Windows 10 update: printing ended often just with one page and the rest hang on “processing”. Sometimes the printer misplaced the layout. Sadly, time for a new one!
One thing: Coming from an agency background print quality is of course king. I spared Samsung, HP and Co. They may have good quality but I heard several times that they are not long-living products and get very hot :(
I was looking for
- A Laser Printer (ever got a wet ink on paper?)
- Good Printing Quality
- A Duplex Printer
- If Combi: A Good Scanner (CCD before CIS)
- WLAN (CloudPrint)
- Scan to USB
- Copy
- Linux Support
Final Round
Xerox Workcentre 6515DNI
- Printing @ 1200x2400dpi with photos and text having great detail
- Xerox Drivers on Linux are shit and bypass CUPS, but you can download Windows installation and extract PPD-file from there
- Android Software looks ok
- Android Print Service looks ok
- CCD Scanner
- Tester Reviews and Example Printouts
- Released 2016
If you search for a printer only: Xerox Versalink 500DN
Kyocera Ecosys M5526cdw
- Printing @ 1200x1200dpi, text sucks because of toner diffusion
- Eco friendly toner (finally!)
- Mobile Print/Scan App looks OK though it may crash
Print Service for Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kyocera.print.service.plugin)
Released 08/2018
Samsung Xpress C1860FW
- Very good printing quality for the price
- Not said to last very long
- Expensive maintainance
- Print Service for Android
- Mobile Print/Scan App
Brother DCP-L3550CDW
- Printing @ 2400x600dpi
- Working perfectly except for Print Quality
- Released 08/2018
- Print Service for Android