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It’ll work great if you can get the drivers all aligned properly. I’ve tried a few times to get my 12 year old Brother laser setup like that, and each time I end up throwing in the towel.

Maybe I’ll try it again someday with an LLM assisting.

CUPS just worked, it even supports AirPrint natively now. Thankfully my printer supports IPP (it's an all in one office type), so I didn't have to do much other than install a couple packages, add the printer and configure the default paper size.

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