Re: Printers using free software only
- To: "debian-user" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
- Subject: Re: Printers using free software only
- From: Martin Steigerwald <Martin@lichtvoll.de>
- Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 20:17:27 +0200
- Message-id: <[🔎] 201208022017.28016.Martin@lichtvoll.de>
- In-reply-to: <20120723170545.GI7631@desktop>
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Am Montag, 23. Juli 2012 schrieb Brian:
> On Mon 23 Jul 2012 at 08:29:49 -0300, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote:
> > On 07/23/2012 07:47 AM, Registros Web wrote:
> > >Hi all,
> > >
> > >Im about to buy a printer and want to make sure I get one that uses
> > >100% free software, no blobs or proprietary drivers, so I can get on
> > >using it even if the manufacturer decides to cease support of the
> > >printer.
> >
> > If you buy a printer that supports Postscript then you should be set
> > without requiring any driver, as Linux applications generally output
> > Postscript when printing.
>
> All the major applications on the popular DEs are now geared up to
> output in PDF format when printing.
Haven´t there been plans to switch CUPS to use PDF internally as well?
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