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Arch users trying to print files (lemmy.world)
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[-] sturlabragason@lemmy.world 115 points 7 months ago

Weirdly enough Iโ€™ve found it much easier to print on linux. It just works out of the box.

If it doesnโ€™t it is definetly the printers manufacturer fault ๐Ÿ˜…

[-] dan@upvote.au 66 points 7 months ago

It's something we can thank Apple for. CUPS is the standard printing system on practically all non-Windows OSes, and Apple hired its developer and did a lot of work on improving it in the 2000s and 2010s.

[-] Brujones@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago

Me too. I have a Brother printer. When I first set it up, Windows printed everything in inverse black and white until I hunted down the correct driver. Windows also never figured out how to wake it up, so I always had to manually wake it up. And it simply never worked with the scanner.

Linux got everything right without me having to fuss with anything.

[-] Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca 11 points 7 months ago

My printer can print, but most of the other features are locked behind Brothers drivers. Copying/ scanning from the document feeder and duplex were kind of a pain to get working, and for some reason only work from certain programs.

[-] communism@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 months ago

Same here, a certain printer of mine just did not work with my Windows install whatsoever but works fine with CUPS lol

[-] LeFantome@programming.dev 3 points 7 months ago

In my house, I have Linux machines that print flawlessly and reliably to our HP laser. My wife has an iMac and I swear I have to install it fresh every time she goes to print. But the absolute best printing experience? Over WiFi from an iPhone. Crazy.

[-] 299792458ms@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 months ago

not on arch, you have to install cups and enable the service or socket.

[-] Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de 31 points 7 months ago

That's just how Arch works, you have to install everything yourself

[-] Wilzax@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

Almost like the point of that OS is to know about everything that's going on in your system because you put it all there yourself, piece by piece!

A blessing for the privacy-oriented and the people who want to learn about everything.

A curse for people who just want their computer to work.

[-] Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 7 months ago

Exactly ๐Ÿ˜…

I used to use Arch too but I switched to Fedora because everything I installed manually was just installed by default already there. Also nice to be able to update my system from GNOME Software.

[-] 299792458ms@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 months ago

Yep, had to do that and spend hours reading about printing services in Linux and other OSs out of curiosity. Was very useful, not that I remember any of it now.

[-] LeFantome@programming.dev 1 points 7 months ago

Many distros leave printing support out by default these days. It is just not something everybody needs anymore.

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