I have a brother laser Printer which I use via IPP from my network. It can hold a bunch of pages in RAM and Print them once the other (it can Print 3 in a row) are finished.

Now what does any propriatery printing service do?

They feed ONE PAGE AT A TIME, so my printer starts printing, then it starts cooling off, but then it has to HEAT UP AGAIN FOR FUCKS SAKE, and that every time.

Also if I just print via CUPS from my Linux machine, its like 5 times faster.

And I just don't understand how my 15€ thin client from over 20 years ago can do more and better than my 1200€ iPad.

Just a reminder why I keep using Linux.

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[–] 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Yeah! CUPS is great. I just connected my Brother printer to it and everything Just Works.

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

    bump. my brother multifunction worked flawlessly. scanner, printer...I assume the fax would work if it was hooked up.

    Mac is 85-90%

    Windows, I just completely uninstall/reinstall for each use because it is more reliable than trying to use it otherwise.

    oddly enough, the Canon I got will only work properly from the phone, which pisses me off everyday. that thing is a POS.

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