On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 10:57:26 -0400 Gary Dale <garyd...@torfree.net> wrote:
> Despite the occasional problem, I find Linux to be far superior to > Windows. While CUPS may send you looking for a driver sometimes, it's > far worse for Windows where the manufacturers often don't produce > updated drivers for the latest Windows version. At that point you are > usually out of luck. > Windows was no problem at all for the printer i have. i find CUPS to be excruciating to set up. Time to give it another try since it's so darn easy. Who knew ? > Moreover CUPS is superior to Windows printing. One example of this is > the ability to define printer classes so that the print job goes to the > first available printer in the class. I use this to print photos with > Santa each year at a local community centre. In fact the entire process > is really just a bash script to take the picture, crop and rotate it, > then send it to the print queue. A piece of cake compared to trying to > do it in Windows. > > no argument with that. once it's working it's great. but that's my experience with linux in general. sometimes it's just damn painful to get something to work. you see, i remember the good old days when you had to futz with x-config files and actually tweak those modelines :-) once it's working, you're golden ! Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150611211651.2c0bf...@cedar.deldotd.com
