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Printing on Linux

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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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space_of_eights@lemmy.ml
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I have the exact opposite experience. It always prints and although it only prints about 6 pages per minute, it starts immediately. However, I have an old-ish HP laser printer without the crappy adware.

My next printer will not be a HP for that reason.

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mumei@lemmy.world
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Teach me your ways. I don’t have a very new model, I think it’s a 4130e or something. Do you use CUPS?

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space_of_eights@lemmy.ml
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cups + hplip . The hplip package is probably key.

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