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Re: Trouble making CUPS work - SOLVED... well, not really

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On Tue, 29 Mar 2011, Hal Murray wrote:

> 
>> Even if you don't print lots of paper, it sure is handy to be able to
>>> print an occasional page or two.  The typical example I encounter is a
>>> form to get filled out and snail-mailed to somebody.
>>
>> Yes, I occasionally do this myself.  However, the time I've wasted
>> trying unsuccessfully to get CUPS to work probably exceeds the time
>> I'll spend moving the bits over to a Windows box for printing over
>> the next 5 years.  Hopefully by then the CUPS people will get their
>> act together.  Or maybe I'll be dead.  Whatever...
>
> Ah..  But some of us don't have a Windows box to help with printing.
>
I was going to say that.  For us, there's no "easy" way out, it's fix 
things or do without out.  I suspect that impacts on some people's
relation to Linux, if they don't throw themselves in all the way, they'll 
remain in limbo between Linux and Windows.  I think Charlie knows better, 
but I'm sure there are lots of people who come to Linux for vague reasons
but keep using Windows, and they likely switch back to Windows at the 
smallest obstacle, rather than overcome the obstacle, simply because they
still keep at least one foot in Windows.

    Michael

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Re: Trouble making CUPS work - SOLVED... well, not really Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2011-03-29 10:44 -0400
  Re: Trouble making CUPS work - SOLVED... well, not really "Charlie Gibbs" <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2011-03-29 15:10 -0800

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