On 01/07/16 08:23, Stewart C. Russell wrote:
On 2016-01-06 08:21 AM, Daniel Villarreal wrote:
I personally think that we're better off moving tasks to open-source software, doing things like getting this functioning... https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=20573
What, getting specific old PiXMA drivers going? Forget it: even Canon barely support existing printers on Windows and OS X. Their internals are weird and proprietary.
That was an example from the WINE project, I'm using something different.
I was pleasantly surprised over the holidays to be able to join two home networks of relatives, and have their wireless printers be auto-discovered and "just work" with Linux. Epson and HP deserve some respect for this.
Modern printer support in Linux is nice. I would like to be able to print directly on printable CD's and DVD's, in Linux. I suppose I could still do lightscribe, www.lightscribe.com is no longer operational, but I have the lightscribe software for Linux in my collection. I used to do printer support.
cheers, Stewart
Daniel