On Fri, 12 Jun 2015 10:06:21 +0100 Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Friday 12 June 2015 05:16:51 bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > Windows was no problem at all for the printer i have. > > Which version of Windows? Or are you saying that your printer has drivers > for > all versions of Windows? In my experience, you have to throw things away > when the version of Windows changes and there is no driver for that version. > After you have scoured the Internet. > i have both xp and win 7. printer is a dcp-8110dn. my problem under linux is NOT the driver. as i said, brother actually has a cups/driver package for linux - but i found it to be broken and doing weird set-up things. so i used the cups driver, i can't remember what driver specifically, and all was well after a considerable amount of effort. it's actually getting CUPS to work that's my problem, not the driver under cups. i think people are assuming i'm having a driver problem when i'm actually having a getting cups to work problem. now, last time i tried to set it up was about 2 years ago. maybe things are better now, hence the reason i should try again. but my experience last time was so miserable i keep procrastinating. Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150613112642.790c1...@cedar.deldotd.com
