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I hate how Apples + Googles Prinz services are fucking my Printer, yet CUPS does it right. (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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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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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This has not been my experience .. at .. all.

Perhaps it would be helpful to discover what exactly doesn't work for you and fix that, rather than remove CUPS because one time it didn't work for you seven years ago.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    the implication that they only tried it once is childish

    Perhaps it would be helpful if people who weren't interested in discussing in good faith would refrain from posting

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    How would you suggest I respond in the future?

    We have a person, claiming that CUPS doesn't work and they now uninstall it on every installation.

    There is no context, no data, no information that suggests what the issue is, what they tried, when this occurred, on which platform, under which conditions.

    In other words, the user was essentially saying "CUPS sux".

    Having used Linux as my main system for over 25 years, that sentiment did not match my own experience, does not help anyone, not me, not the user and not the OP who was trying to solve a problem, let alone anyone else reading along.

    I responded accordingly.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    I would suggest responding to what they wrote, rather than what they didn't write or what you imagine they may have written, but that's just me.

    Another good option is to not respond at all.

    Inventing a strawman then arguing with it is pointless

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