On Mon 13 Feb 2023 at 11:21:00 -0500, gene heskett wrote: > On 2/13/23 10:30, Brian wrote: > > On Mon 13 Feb 2023 at 10:08:22 -0500, gene heskett wrote: > > > > > On 2/13/23 10:00, Brian wrote: > > > > On Mon 13 Feb 2023 at 09:30:32 -0500, gene heskett wrote: > > > > > > > > > On 2/13/23 06:01, Brian wrote: > > > > > > On Mon 13 Feb 2023 at 09:25:15 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 12, 2023 at 07:12:42PM +0000, Brian wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Fortunately, the vast majority of users with a modern printer > > > > > > > > have > > > > > > > > not taken a similar view. They now enjoy an effortless and > > > > > > > > enjoyable > > > > > > > > printing experience. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My printer is all well, thankyouverymuch. Whenever I'm after an > > > > > > > "experience", I take my bike and ride to the mountains, very > > > > > > > enjoyable :) > > > > > > > > > > > > Such a journey would give ample opportunity to ponder why mDNS > > > > > > multicasting is welcomed by so many users and whether you will > > > > > > embrace it when CUPS ceases to support legacy printers. :) > > > > > > > > > > > Precisely the unsaid point of my last post. That will be the impetus > > > > > to > > > > > fork cups. > > > > > > > > That's very doubtful. The printing system's New Architecture > > > > includes extensive and sound provision to support legacy > > > > printers. More or less, all the PPD's and drivers distributed > > > > by Debian are catered for. > > > > > > The idea is fine, Brian, but for Brother stuff, its crippling. A multitray > > > printer is restricted to the most expensive paper, where duplex does not > > > work either. In 2023, that is Unforgivable. > > > > You are basing your view on experience of a single Brother > > printer, the MFC-J6920DW. This is an IPP printer. It is > > perfectly possible for the IPP implementation to be less > > than perfect. Nothing to do with our printing system. > > > > You'll have thoroughly investigated this aspect of the > > vendor's machine, of course? > > > Wrong again Brian. I have two of their printers here as there is also a $120 > b&w laser that happily spits out 20+ pages a minute in full duplex. But > running on the debian supplied drivers it can't even duplex. And it will if > its anything like its predecessor, continue to do that the rest of my life, > or 50,000 pages as long as I feed it toner & decent paper.
And the model of b&w laser? -- Brian.
