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Dualboot is evil, use only linux (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 32 points 3 months ago (16 children)

Printers 🤣

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  • [–] 20 points 3 months ago

    In my experience, the only OS where printers won't have drivers is Windows.

    But I don't deal often with dark demoniac systems, so there are probably lots of niche hellish devices that I don't know the details.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (12 children)

    BS, I have gotten HP printers to work on Linux with no problems.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (10 children)

    My Epson inkjet is a paperweight without w*ndows

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

    I was able to get mine working by setting it up as a network printer via windows and then just accessing it like that through Linux. But yeah, if I ever change wifi ssids I would need to factory reset it go back into windows and configure it again. (ET2400)

    Edit to be clear the windows instance is only needed for setup, it can be shut down or removed entirely after setup

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    How old is it? Almost all relatively recent printers should support driverless network printing by now.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago* (2 children)

    Maybe 5 years old, haven't tested in a while but it's USB only with no network connectivity

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    I supported Hp Web Jet Admin on a slew of print servers for a large healthcare org after it got dropped in my lap from a round of layoffs. I'll never own a printer again. Granted I never print anymore but I would rather drive to office depot a thousand times than to bring that evil back into this house

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