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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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[–] mactan@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

my printer spits out page upon page of random characters and mess when I try to print from my desktop, gave up and use my phone now

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You need to set the correct settings. It takes a few tries but in my experience it isn't that hard

[–] mactan@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago

you need to set the correct settings

thanks for the insightful suggestion wowee