[Gllug] usb printing nightmare

Gary Pownall gary_pownall at hotmail.com
Wed Jul 20 23:50:16 UTC 2005


One shouldnt have to engage one's grey matter just to get the os to do it's 
bloody job!!  I'll take this up with you tomorrow.

>From: Jason Clifford <jason at ukpost.com>
>Reply-To: Greater London Linux User Group <gllug at gllug.org.uk>
>To: damerell at chiark.greenend.org.uk,Greater London Linux User Group 
><gllug at gllug.org.uk>
>Subject: Re: [Gllug] usb printing nightmare
>Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 13:17:22 +0100 (BST)
>
>On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, David Damerell wrote:
>
> > Indeed. As we know, in the world of Windows, printing always works
> > perfectly without difficulties of any kind.
>
>As much as we may dislike it the truth is that this is usually the case -
>Windows for most users does the job. It often causes it's own problems and
>certainly wouldn't suit my needs but Windows does meet lots of people's
>needs adequately enough that they prefer it.
>
>Printing under Windows is usually one of the things that "just works". It
>requires almost no effort at all.
>
>Printing under Linux usually requires that you have some grey matter
>engaged to start with.
>
>Jason
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