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The Open Printer Is a Raspberry Pi Zero W-Powered, Fully-Open, Highly-Flexible Inkjet Printer (www.hackster.io)
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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

No, I'm gonna complain about using CUPS on the internet like any sane user would.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    What are the complaints?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    In my nearly 15 years of using Linux, CUPS only ever worked consistently with one printer I've owned. That printer was hooked up via cable. For all the wireless printers I've ever owned CUPS would recognize the printer once, do a job, and then magically act like the printer either doesn't exist or is currently doing a job in perpetuity.

    The last time this happened CUPS literally locked my PC out of using my printer because it always recognized it as job pending. Restart the printer, restart the PC, reinstall CUPS, change configs, and nothing worked. This was in the middle of working for a client. So I gave up and ended up emailing the documents to myself to use my phone.

    Printing had been the most unreliable part of my workflow and CUPS is to blame for that.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    For all the wireless printers I’ve ever owned CUPS would recognize the printer once, do a job, and then magically act like the printer either doesn’t exist or is currently doing a job in perpetuity.

    I mean odds are it's the printer that's acting up. I owned a brother laser printer that I had to connect via the network, and that thing only ever configured the network on boot. If anything happened to the network connection it'd go offline until you restarted it.

    There's a reason I've seen multiple people recommend using something like a Raspberry Pi connected via USB as a replacement print server rather than relying on the native printer support. And since the modern printer protocols are basically lifted from CUPS, compatibility would be improved.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago

    Sure. It could be the printer, but 3 outta 4 Printers that had the same issue repeatedly is more likely to be the drivers fault. Then everybody and there mother suggests getting a Brother printer. That's one brand out of how many? I don't own a Brother printer. That's the only brand you ever see Linux enthusiasts recommend. And then so top it off with Raspberry Pi. I shouldn't have to hook up a Raspberry Pi to use my fucking printer. You can try to convince me that CUPS is improved, but my own experience is completely the opposite. I will shit on it every time.

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