Printing on Linux

posted 3 months ago

I’ve noticed a general sentiment that printing on Linux is (or at least was) extremely cumbersome and difficult. Why is that?

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object [Object]@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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3 months ago

From my experience I’ve had to deal with their ~~software~~ adware for which I’ve had to close pop ups and upsell ads before I could do anything with their printers, so that might be why it takes long to print a simple page

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mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com

5 points

3 months ago

What if they printed 1 ad for 1 page…

^Shutup me stop giving them ideas^

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mumei@lemmy.world

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3 months ago

My issue lies elsewhere, it takes me that long to have the printer recognized by the OS, then by CUPS browser, then I send the printing job and… it just stalls, never prints. I then cycle the USB ports and start all over again until it miraculously prints

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