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Kelsey Bjarnason  
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 More options Oct 6 2012, 5:27 pm
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
From: Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarna...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 21:27:59 +0000 (UTC)
Local: Sat, Oct 6 2012 5:27 pm
Subject: Re: Linux crapware victim wastes days trying to get a printer to work
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On Sat, 06 Oct 2012 17:12:09 +0200, Henk & Ingrid wrote:
> peterwn wrote:
>> On Oct 6, 4:50 am, DFS <nos...@dfs.com> wrote:
>>> "I have been trying Linux for the past several years on and off ...
>>> and I am now trying again, this time with Ubuntu 12 (the
>>> latest),however each time I get very frustrated and give it away as I
>>> cannot get a printer to work.

>>> Linux doesn't belong near end users, or their printers.
>> I tried to get a used HP multifunction inkjet printer to work on
>> Windows XP.

> Did you try this HP multifunction inkjet printer on a Linux OS version
> of 2001?

You missed the bit below, apparently:

>> Kept throwing up errors. Seemed that various Windows updates 'broke'
>> the HP drivers,

So, that would be an OS version of 2001, with updates applied.  In the
case of Linux, that would be equivalent to installing a current version.

 
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