i wanted to print in duplex mode: the printer linux driver didnt support it (i thought it was a pdf reader thing, apparently its a driver thing). also wanted to have a logical partition as expansion, ended up corrupting the boot file. using linux is backbreaking (in the sense of not that straight forward), but kinda useful to run in a machine on the side. linux really have some cool apps, but proprietery software doen’t seem to get along with it well. best way to approach this is to run both OS’s, according to ur needs.
Printers. Always a problem. I wanted to use my HP PSC1315 under Windows, but apparently the driver used Flash Player…? so it doesn’t work anymore. On Linux HP has pretty good support with HPLIP, so for normal printing it works (this printer has “partial support”). Unfortunately for high DPI I have to use Windows 7 virtual machine.
Oh, yeah. You can just use Windows as printer driver with VirtualBox.
yea man, there is way more printer features on windows than on linux, since manufacturers decided so. i am not tech savy and i fear i might have to troubleshoot my way through a vm just to print a pdf. guess i ll have to run a separate machine just for my windows needs, but great idea nonetheless.
its a 3in1 30$ wifi inkjet canon: as long as kept from dust and humidity especially, the thing is a beast: printed almost 20k pages with one before it broke. cartridge infinitely refillable and a 1L ink bottle lasts to infinity and cost 10$.
i wanted to print in duplex mode: the printer linux driver didnt support it (i thought it was a pdf reader thing, apparently its a driver thing). also wanted to have a logical partition as expansion, ended up corrupting the boot file. using linux is backbreaking (in the sense of not that straight forward), but kinda useful to run in a machine on the side. linux really have some cool apps, but proprietery software doen’t seem to get along with it well. best way to approach this is to run both OS’s, according to ur needs.
Printers. Always a problem. I wanted to use my HP PSC1315 under Windows, but apparently the driver used Flash Player…? so it doesn’t work anymore. On Linux HP has pretty good support with HPLIP, so for normal printing it works (this printer has “partial support”). Unfortunately for high DPI I have to use Windows 7 virtual machine.
Oh, yeah. You can just use Windows as printer driver with VirtualBox.
yea man, there is way more printer features on windows than on linux, since manufacturers decided so. i am not tech savy and i fear i might have to troubleshoot my way through a vm just to print a pdf. guess i ll have to run a separate machine just for my windows needs, but great idea nonetheless.
What brand of printer do you have, by the way?
its a 3in1 30$ wifi inkjet canon: as long as kept from dust and humidity especially, the thing is a beast: printed almost 20k pages with one before it broke. cartridge infinitely refillable and a 1L ink bottle lasts to infinity and cost 10$.