On Wednesday 25 February 2015 11:49:13 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Wednesday 25 February 2015 15:29:11 Brian wrote: > > On Wed 25 Feb 2015 at 15:03:31 +0000, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On Wednesday 25 February 2015 14:46:36 Brian wrote: > > > > On Wed 25 Feb 2015 at 15:27:44 +0100, Petter Adsen wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 14:03:17 +0000 > > > > > > > > > > I have a 14.10 machine right here, and there is no driver for his > > > > > printer there. I've checked. > > > > > > > > Not surprising; the licence for the Brother software doesn't permit > > > > distribution. > > > > > > Then it can't have been in Lucid either, surely? > > > > I imagine not. That was my point. > > > > > > The lack of advice on the HL-3170CDW at openprinting is an indication > > > > that no user of it has added any, not a judgement on whether it works > > > > on Linux. > > > > > > Yes, but if there had been advice it woudl have been useful. > > > > Of course. > > > > > So do you agree with Gene that it is a Wheezy bug? > > > > That's a big jump from what I said. And what bug is it you are talking > > about? There have been a number of assertions in this thread. None lead > > me to think that Wheezy is heading for imminent breakdown on the printing > > front. :) > > I htink that it is a case of watch this space!! TDE may yet save the day. > > Lisi I wonder what my chances of creating some softlinks and making the rest of the system use it? Bears a closer look for sure.
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