Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Picking out a printer. Questions.

Manuel McLure wrote: > > > On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 2:43 PM Dale > wrote: > > I do have a router, that's what the printer is connected too.  I can't > recall what it is called but remember the DSL modem is supposed to be > pretty secure on its own.  I think

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Picking out a printer. Questions.

On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 2:43 PM Dale wrote: > I do have a router, that's what the printer is connected too. I can't > recall what it is called but remember the DSL modem is supposed to be > pretty secure on its own. I think it can work in bridge mode or > router/whatever mode. Now that I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Picking out a printer. Questions.

Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 09:54:21AM -0500, Dale wrote: > >> The biggest reason I wanted laser is the cost of ink.  The second >> reason, longevity of the ink once it is on paper.  From my >> understanding, once the toner is set on the paper, water won't make it >> come

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Picking out a printer. Questions.

On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 05:21:16PM -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > 190427 Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 11:28:05AM -0500, Dale wrote: > >> I was printing a multi-page recipe and the first page came out, > >> then it pulled it back in and I was like, what ? > >> Then it came out

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Picking out a printer. Questions.

Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2019-04-26, Dale wrote: > >> P. S.  Is there anything special I should do to make sure no one can >> access my printer over the internet and do something bad?  Does the DSL >> modem and router protect that by default?  > All the DSL modems I've ever seen were also

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Picking out a printer. Questions.

Philip Webb wrote: > 190427 Frank Steinmetzger wrote: >> On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 11:28:05AM -0500, Dale wrote: >>> I was printing a multi-page recipe and the first page came out, >>> then it pulled it back in and I was like, what ? >>> Then it came out again, printed on both sides. >> What’s the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Picking out a printer. Questions.

190427 Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 11:28:05AM -0500, Dale wrote: >> I was printing a multi-page recipe and the first page came out, >> then it pulled it back in and I was like, what ? >> Then it came out again, printed on both sides. > What’s the problem with first printing

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Picking out a printer. Questions.

On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 11:28:05AM -0500, Dale wrote: > One thing that surprised me.  I was printing a multi-page recipe and the > first page came out, then it pulled it back in and I was like, what?  > Then it came out again, printed on both sides.  When I realized it was > printing both sides,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Picking out a printer. Questions.

On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 09:54:21AM -0500, Dale wrote: > The biggest reason I wanted laser is the cost of ink.  The second > reason, longevity of the ink once it is on paper.  From my > understanding, once the toner is set on the paper, water won't make it > come off like it does on a lot of

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Picking out a printer. Questions.

On 27/04/2019 18:04, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Saturday, 27 April 2019 16:42:39 BST Wols Lists wrote: Laser printers cost up front, but once I've paid for this set of cartridges I'm probably set up for a couple of years. Just don't expect modern lasers to go on and on, and budget to replace it

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Picking out a printer. Questions.

Mick wrote: > On Saturday, 27 April 2019 17:28:05 BST Dale wrote: >> Mick wrote: >>> Printers are plug 'n play these days. There is no manual configuration >>> needed, unless your PCs and/or router configurations do not use >>> zeroconf/mDNS. >> Well, I could access it thorough its web interface

[gentoo-user] Re: Picking out a printer. Questions.

On 2019-04-26, Dale wrote: > P. S.  Is there anything special I should do to make sure no one can > access my printer over the internet and do something bad?  Does the DSL > modem and router protect that by default?  All the DSL modems I've ever seen were also NAT/router/firewalls, if that's

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Picking out a printer. Questions.

On Saturday, 27 April 2019 17:28:05 BST Dale wrote: > Mick wrote: > > Printers are plug 'n play these days. There is no manual configuration > > needed, unless your PCs and/or router configurations do not use > > zeroconf/mDNS. > Well, I could access it thorough its web interface but it wouldn't

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Picking out a printer. Questions.

On Saturday, 27 April 2019 16:42:39 BST Wols Lists wrote: > ... And unfortunately, yes, if you want photos then use an ink-jet. I once found a dye-sublimation printer for photos, but it has two snags: it can only print 6x4" and it's Windows only. I still have it in the cupboard, ready for

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Picking out a printer. Questions.

Wols Lists wrote: > On 26/04/19 18:00, Dale wrote: >> Only printed the test pages but they look neato!!! I hope to give this >> thing a test drive once I know it is set up correctly. >> >> Thanks to all for the help. This may be the best printer I've ever >> had. :-D >> > Just don't expect it

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Picking out a printer. Questions.

Mick wrote: > On Friday, 26 April 2019 18:00:13 BST Dale wrote: >> Grant Edwards wrote: >>> On 2019-04-22, Dale wrote: On the question of ethernet. [...] Do I plug the printer into the router or do I have to connect it to the puter itself? I think I read somewhere ages ago, on

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Picking out a printer. Questions.

On 26/04/19 18:00, Dale wrote: > Grant Edwards wrote: >> On 2019-04-22, Dale wrote: >> >>> On the question of ethernet. [...] Do I plug the printer into the >>> router or do I have to connect it to the puter itself? I think I >>> read somewhere ages ago, on this list most likely, that you plug

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Picking out a printer. Questions.

On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 6:00 AM Mick wrote: > > Printers are plug 'n play these days. There is no manual configuration > needed, unless your PCs and/or router configurations do not use zeroconf/mDNS. > I don't think that routers need to do anything to support mDNS - I think it is purely a P2P

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Picking out a printer. Questions.

Mick: > On Friday, 26 April 2019 18:00:13 BST Dale wrote: ... > > Picking last reply. I got the printer, removed all the shipping stuff, > > did the normal setup and got a test page printed from CUPS, in color. > > I'm taking this from the CUPS printer page that shows the connection. > > It

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Picking out a printer. Questions.

On Friday, 26 April 2019 18:00:13 BST Dale wrote: > Grant Edwards wrote: > > On 2019-04-22, Dale wrote: > >> On the question of ethernet. [...] Do I plug the printer into the > >> router or do I have to connect it to the puter itself? I think I > >> read somewhere ages ago, on this list most

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Konsole colours have changed

On Friday, 26 April 2019 23:20:32 BST Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 26/04/2019 17:40, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > The recent kde-apps upgrade changed the colours used by konsole, In > > particular, the black background is no longer black, but a sort of > > washed-out charcoal grey. I compared the >