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A comment demonstrating Linux users' fear of printing (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 weeks ago by serpineslair@lemmy.world to c/bestoflemmy@lemmy.world

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[–] Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 17 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

That's a bit overblown, even on Arch you basically install CUPS, start it, plug in your printer and you're good to go with most printers, especially IPP ones. Even autodiscovery with mDNS works! Just need to be on the same WiFi network and the printers just show up in the list.

It's one of the things that usually is a better experience than Windows, because Windows printing is absolutely ancient and hasn't been upgraded in forever.

[–] RecallMadness@lemmy.nz 1 points 4 weeks ago

This has not been the case for me.

Sometimes it prints, sometimes it prints the first page for however many pages in the document, sometimes it says it prints but does nothing, sometimes it errors, sometimes I have to restart CUPS, sometimes I have to delete the autodiacovered printer and make a new one.

It’s always a drama.

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