On Sat, Apr 19, 2025 at 05:35:51PM +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: [...] > Hi Gene, > > This is probably off topic for the subject of the thread above but - > > You always claim that stuff is grossly broken: in this instance, CUPS > is probably *not* broken. The problem is that the free drivers - which > are essentially all that Debian can ship - are less functional than the > proprietary drivers shipped by Brother. Exactly. The bug /is/ the proprietary driver. I wouldn't buy such a printer. In fact, I've looked at some and decided I don't need a printer. My room in a shared flat is small, and they all seem to have gone to the dark side. Not worth the hassle. From time to time I try to "fix" my flatmate's printer and am reminded every time (phone home: rly?) why I'm happy without. The couple of times I need to print something (that very rare snail mail, for example), I go to that stationery shop, ten minutes bike ride. It's worth it, and the shop owner is awfully nice to boot. Cheers -- t
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