On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:22:14 +0000, Harishankar wrote: > On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:17:58 +0000, Camaleón wrote:
(...) >> Next time, read the reviews or ask in the forums *before buying* a >> printer. Today is a *must* to be informed on the linux support for any >> piece of hardware, mostly for scanning devices (printers are getting >> better support those days). >> > > I think that was harsh of you. I have this printer for a long time > 4 - > 5 years and it has served me very well. We've been using this printer > and it has given no issues in every other way. We all (users) have -or have had- some piece of hardware that it's not working with Linux. That is the crude fact, nothing strange here. > I've seen this problem on Linux for a long long time and every time I > assumed it was something I did wrong, but apparently the bug has existed > for a long time (and I do consider it a bug, not a "feature") You (or me) can call it as we want. It's HP who has the power to correct it or adding that option. > Unfortunately until HP really takes Linux seriously I doubt whether it > will have the desired impact. So add yourself to the bug you found or open a new one. > And no, I prefer not spending on devices just to get it working under > Linux. I print occasionally anyway and it doesn't justify the extra cost > either. A PSC was good enough for us then and it's good enough now. Then keep it, that's up to you. You asked for a feature that was not available for your device and I tried to help you to diagnose a configuration problem (that lastly it turned out it was not). > I really thought that the cartridge issue would be resolved by now. > Apologies for my responses, but I have got really really frustrated > these days with the mediocre level of support given by hardware > manufacturers for Linux. Yes, we all suffer for that. But HP is making a good job with HPLIP just... just that not all devices have the same good support for the drivers. I suppose older MFP lack some fetaures while newer ones, don't. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.07.30.08.33...@gmail.com