Comments on: Printing Problems https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/04/14/printing-problems/ Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:05:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Ray Ingles https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/04/14/printing-problems/#comment-534252 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:05:54 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/04/14/printing-problems/#comment-534252 We’ve got an HP PSC 3200xi. The Linux driver (hplip) is about 14MB. The install on Windows? Over 800MB. That’s not a typo. I flat-out could not believe that when I read it, and dang if it didn’t install that much cruft onto the disk.

]]> By: Nathan Myers https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/04/14/printing-problems/#comment-534251 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:44:52 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/04/14/printing-problems/#comment-534251 If you have trouble printing in Windows, probably you should scour the web looking for a downloadable and installable driver before reporting to a doctor. Odds are you’ll find one, somewhere, and it’s fairly likely to work.

If somebody could tell me how to get CUPS to stop listing phantom printers, such as IPP services advertised by various Macs in the office, I’d be much obliged. Picking “remove” in the Gnome-print program does make them go away for a few seconds.

]]> By: C. Chu https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/04/14/printing-problems/#comment-534250 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:42:51 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/04/14/printing-problems/#comment-534250 I can’t say my Linux printing experiences have been all that good, either. I have an HP laserjet 1018. Unlike most other printers, this one didn’t work plug-and-play with Ubuntu. There was no preinstalled PPD, and when the wizard tried to go online to find one and subsequently said it worked.. nothing ever printed.

I eventually found hplip and ran that installer, and now it’s fine. But it certainly was more of a pain setting up this printer than anything I’ve ever done in Linux.

]]> By: Spiv https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/04/14/printing-problems/#comment-534249 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:55:19 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/04/14/printing-problems/#comment-534249 If you have trouble printing in windows then you’ve had a stroke and should see a doctor immediately. I may have a biased job function, but it’s not rocket science.

]]> By: Tony P https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/04/14/printing-problems/#comment-534248 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:37:46 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/04/14/printing-problems/#comment-534248 I’m used to using CUPS printers on Linux. They work rather well.

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