They work better in Linux than Windows, not to mention backwards compatibility.
EDIT: I may be wrong about newest printer models, 2020 and above.
EDIT2: Hardware problems are an entirely different issue.
I've found Mac OS is by far the best OS for getting printers to work tbh
No joke, printing is like the #1 thing I like most about switching from Windows to Linux. I still get errors about the bypass tray every time I try to print from Windows. I'M NOT USING THE BYPASS TRAY!
Ah, the famous bypass tray... I still have no idea why they made those...
Hardware problems are an entirely different issue.
Literally the biggest issue
I never had any problems printing or scanning on Linux. Meanwhile my dad's PC bluescreens from opening the driver UI.
I used to have a MacBook Pro and the printer worked perfectly when I printed from it, whereas my windows PC always had issues.
Stop printing.
Honestly who NEEDS a printer anymore? We've moved on from printing out driving directions from MapQuest and burning our own DVD collections. We should ditch home printers and only use online printing services whenever you want something physical so it's made nicely by someone who knows what they're doing.
Many people still use printers.
Yeah, he was basically telling them to stop, or maybe more generally he was telling them to take a look at whether they really need to print things.
It can still be nice to have one so you can print out more pages in parallel than you have space on your screen and using a pen to annotate a document.
Basically, I don't see any other reason, except for annotation.
A tablet with a stylus: im about to ruin this lemmitor’s whole career!
First time I've seen lemmitor.... Not sure if it's better or worse than lemming.....
You must be an executive with impeccable logic such as that.
I stopped using paper and suddenly my printer problems went away
Printers suck so bad that are responsible of starting free software (well part of it). Thanks printers for sucking bad.
Context:
WTF? Is this about using inkjets on WiFi?
I got an amazing old HP office laser jet, a 1320n. Would Linux be able to print from it relatively easily? I had to work pretty hard to get it on W10.
You can always try a Mint LiveUSB
On Pop my networked printers were just there without me needing to do anything.
Same I've had great luck with pop, it found my brother color laser and even installed my hp latex 260. I'd never print to that directly though.
That was the last thing that kept me dual booting. Eventually, I realized that my printer wasn't worth using on any OS so I wasn't losing anything by going all-in.
Just don't buy HP/Epson/Canon.
Buy a Brother Laserprinter, and never worry again for the rest of your life.
Trouble is, no parts for Brother over here 😔. HP has the market here and parts for them are dirt cheap.
Sure, I can order from AliExpress, but it'll take months to arrive.
Hint: :q!
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