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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

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.

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[-] MaxHardwood@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago

Hardware problems are an entirely different issue.

Literally the biggest issue

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[-] trackcharlie@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 11 months ago

I stopped using paper and suddenly my printer problems went away

[-] indepndnt@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

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!

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[-] RoyaltyInTraining@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

I never had any problems printing or scanning on Linux. Meanwhile my dad's PC bluescreens from opening the driver UI.

[-] Winter8593@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Yeah I switched to LMDE a couple months ago and I plugged in my printer for the first time but long ago. I was worried it wouldn't work at first but it started printing right away!

[-] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago

I've found Mac OS is by far the best OS for getting printers to work tbh

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[-] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 4 points 11 months ago

I used to have a MacBook Pro and the printer worked perfectly when I printed from it, whereas my windows PC always had issues.

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[-] mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 11 months ago

Printers suck so bad that are responsible of starting free software (well part of it). Thanks printers for sucking bad.

Context:

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/rms-nyu-2001-transcript.txt

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/shouldbefree.en.html

[-] Artyom@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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.

[-] the_q@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

On Pop my networked printers were just there without me needing to do anything.

[-] Classy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] jvrava9@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago

You can always try a Mint LiveUSB

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[-] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 11 months ago

Just don't buy HP/Epson/Canon.

Buy a Brother Laserprinter, and never worry again for the rest of your life.

[-] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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.

[-] westyvw@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

My scanner/printer works flawlessly ij Linux. It's fantastic. I cannot get it to work in windows, but no big deal I rarely use windows anyways.

But it is amusing that it simply will not work in windows.

And this printer is from 2023.

[-] droans@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Set up a CUPS server and it'll work fine with Windows too.

Printers are a massive headache on both. But at least with CUPS it's only a massive headache once.

[-] westyvw@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

I could, but you would think their own driver would work!

Not a pain on Linux at all. Printing is a breeze. As is scanning. Go figure.

[-] droans@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

It always comes down to the vendor and driver.

On Linux, I had to go through a dozen different drivers and just as many driver versions before I found the one that worked with my printer. For Windows, it worked immediately.

With my old printer, though, it was the opposite experience. Took forever to get it working on Windows but Linux got it immediately.

You'd think by now, with the dozen different printing standards that exist, we'd have some sort of plug and play driver that could work with every printer.

[-] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

Maybe it's IPP only, have you tried that?

[-] mdd@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

WTF? Is this about using inkjets on WiFi?

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