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I've noticed a general sentiment that printing on Linux is (or at least was) extremely cumbersome and difficult. Why is that?

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[–] Baaahb@feddit.nl 84 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's not been my experience.

Granted, printers suuuuuck. But I was legit surprised when both the printing and scanning functions in Linux were hands down better than windows.

[–] HowlsSophie@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

SAME. Everything prints faster and worked well from day one.

[–] eutampieri@feddit.it 19 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] grue@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We raise our CUPS to your pun.

[–] eutampieri@feddit.it 1 points 1 month ago
[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago
[–] TheBakedPotato@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Same! I'm not at my computer at the moment so I can't check the name of the scanning app i use but yeah, works perfectly. I use a Brother printer as well which I also can't remember the model name of.