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From: Ashley Dixon <ash@suugaku.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] printing pdfs
Date: Sat, 30 May 2020 14:24:41 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200530132441.ib5bgyndbyax3be2@ad-gentoo-main> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <110719f3-54c1-bd6c-b270-09d6cf16f1c2@verizon.net>

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On Sat, May 30, 2020 at 09:06:16AM -0400, james wrote:
> After thumping all teh cups codes, it works again, but some office files
> from a pc that were originated in europe, cause the print to hickup. The hp
> printer complained about version 1.... version 2 on the tiny hp display.
> Rebooted several times and all my linux printing started working again. I
> have the original hp firmware (10 years old). I do not trust the updated hp
> firmwares, for several reason....

H.P.\ software is just horrible in general.  They are one of  "those"  companies
that treat Linux users as second-class citizens.  The ppd files they  distribute
are full of bugs; I remember spending multiple weeks fixing the description file
for their then-newest home printer, and I still never got  the  scanner  working
(their own software segfaulted, and customer support told me to download Windows
as a fix).  After a while, I gave up and bought a Lexmark B2442  laser  printer,
since I only ever print text documents.  It has never  given  me  any  problems.
The `ppd` files work out  of  the  box.   Coming  from  H.P.,  it  is  a  lovely
experience.

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Ashley Dixon
suugaku.co.uk

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  reply	other threads:[~2020-05-30 13:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <Abxaq-8iU-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found] ` <Abxaq-8iU-7@gated-at.bofh.it>
     [not found]   ` <Abxk6-8m0-13@gated-at.bofh.it>
2020-05-28 23:04     ` [gentoo-user] printing pdfs james
2020-05-28 23:34       ` Jack
2020-05-29 22:30         ` james
2020-05-29 23:31           ` Jack
2020-05-30  7:58           ` Neil Bothwick
2020-05-30 12:54             ` james
2020-05-30 14:39               ` Francesco Turco
2020-05-29  0:05       ` Dale
2020-05-29  7:58       ` Francesco Turco
     [not found]   ` <AbFB0-4ZK-7@gated-at.bofh.it>
2020-05-30 13:06     ` james
2020-05-30 13:24       ` Ashley Dixon [this message]
2020-05-30 18:25       ` Neil Bothwick
2020-05-30 21:38         ` Peter Humphrey
     [not found] <3f9a2e62-c430-5295-d2b9-1b7a30c1cfd2.ref@verizon.net>
2020-05-28 20:11 ` james
2020-05-28 20:21   ` Francesco Turco
2020-05-28 20:22   ` Arve Barsnes
2020-05-28 21:10   ` Dale
2020-05-28 22:25   ` Jens Reinemuth
2020-05-29  5:10   ` Ashley Dixon

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