Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Printer test page

2011-09-19 Thread thegeeksquadron
Can't wait to see whether Compiz works in 11.10 :O -- -Original Message- From: Alan Pope Sender: ubuntu-uk-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 20:42:05 To: UK Ubuntu Talk Reply-To: UK Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Printer test page *w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Printer test page

2011-09-19 Thread Alan Pope
*wibbly wobbly time travel sound effect* (scrolll down - full mail quoted for people who were not on the list 8 months ago) On 18 January 2011 09:56, Paul Sladen wrote: > Hello people, > > Ubuntu currently ships a printer test page, which looks something > like this: > >  http://www.flickr.com/p

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Printer test page

2011-03-07 Thread Matthew Wild
On 7 March 2011 17:04, Paul Sladen wrote: > On Mon, 7 Mar 2011, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: >> On 18/01/11 09:56, Paul Sladen wrote: >> > Ubuntu currently ships a printer test page, which looks something >> >    http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickj365/4125843224/ >> > and hundreds of thousands (mil

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Printer test page

2011-03-07 Thread Paul Sladen
On Mon, 7 Mar 2011, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > On 18/01/11 09:56, Paul Sladen wrote: > > Ubuntu currently ships a printer test page, which looks something > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickj365/4125843224/ > > and hundreds of thousands (millions...) of these get printed each year > The de

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Printer test page

2011-03-07 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 18/01/11 09:56, Paul Sladen wrote: Hello people, Ubuntu currently ships a printer test page, which looks something like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickj365/4125843224/ and hundreds of thousands (millions...) of these get printed each year by people setting up their printer becaus

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Printer test page

2011-03-07 Thread Paul Sladen
On Tue, 18 Jan 2011, Paul Sladen wrote: > Ubuntu currently ships a printer test page, > http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickj365/4125843224/ > Virtually all of these sheets are only usable as scrap-paper > Question is, could we do something more *useful* with these This would perhaps do as a starti

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Printer test page

2011-01-23 Thread Paul Tansom
** Jon Spriggs [2011-01-18 11:22]: > I really like the idea of having an "How to contribute to Ubuntu" guide or > perhaps a document on "What is Ubuntu", however, it should also be > configurable to an absolute minimum page (three colours, black and corner > marks) for office deployment or experts

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Printer test page

2011-01-18 Thread Jacob Mansfield
On 18/01/11 20:49, Barry Titterton wrote: > On Tue, 2011-01-18 at 10:28 +, Alan Pope wrote: >> * A photo of a kitten > Please say that you were joking! Well be careful, it could be dangerous now how in the name of tux are we going to get that onto a sheet of paper? print the source code in a 0.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Printer test page

2011-01-18 Thread Barry Titterton
On Tue, 2011-01-18 at 10:28 +, Alan Pope wrote: > * A photo of a kitten > > Cheers, > Al. > Please say that you were joking! Barry -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Printer test page

2011-01-18 Thread Jacob Mansfield
what about some garlic to deter the help vampires - http://slash7.com/2006/12/22/vampires/ Jacob Mansfield Programmer On 18 January 2011 15:19, Neil Greenwood wrote: > On 18 January 2011 14:23, Dave Morley wrote: >> A list of all the gnome/kde/applications Easter eggs for your >> entertainmen

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Printer test page

2011-01-18 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 18 January 2011 14:23, Dave Morley wrote: > A list of all the gnome/kde/applications Easter eggs for your > entertainment and viewing pleasure? > Won't that use up most of a ream of paper? :-) Neil. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Printer test page

2011-01-18 Thread Dave Morley
On Tue, 2011-01-18 at 11:20 +, Jon Spriggs wrote: > I really like the idea of having an "How to contribute to Ubuntu" > guide or perhaps a document on "What is Ubuntu", however, it should > also be configurable to an absolute minimum page (three colours, black > and corner marks) for office dep

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Printer test page

2011-01-18 Thread Jon Spriggs
I really like the idea of having an "How to contribute to Ubuntu" guide or perhaps a document on "What is Ubuntu", however, it should also be configurable to an absolute minimum page (three colours, black and corner marks) for office deployment or experts. Perhaps when it says "Would you like to p

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Printer test page

2011-01-18 Thread Alan Pope
On 18 January 2011 10:28, Alan Pope wrote: > Here's my suggestions :) > and more.. * A calendar showing public holidays / your own calendar extracted from Evolution / the LoCo calendar of events in your country * Your loco team website home page * To-Do list * Musical staves * Dot to dots * A "H

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Printer test page

2011-01-18 Thread James Thomas
Even perhaps a random choice of any of the below? On 18 January 2011 10:28, Alan Pope wrote: > Hi Paul, > > I love this idea! > > On 18 January 2011 09:56, Paul Sladen wrote: > > * A4 advert "I run X/K/Ubuntu" > > * My Foobar 2700 duplex printer works with Ubuntu, does yours? > > * An envelo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Printer test page

2011-01-18 Thread Alan Pope
Hi Paul, I love this idea! On 18 January 2011 09:56, Paul Sladen wrote: >  * A4 advert "I run X/K/Ubuntu" >  * My Foobar 2700 duplex printer works with Ubuntu, does yours? >  * An envelope or magic-folding return-form: >      http://www.letterfu.com/index.php [*] >  * Some other zero-cut origami

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Printer test page

2011-01-18 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On Tue, 2011-01-18 at 10:20 +, Barry Drake wrote: > The waste of such an enormous amount of ink has always been a concern of > mine. I agree completely with your suggestion. It needs to have black > and three colours - incorporated into the Ubuntu logo maybe? But other > than that and page co

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Printer test page

2011-01-18 Thread Barry Drake
On Tue, 2011-01-18 at 09:56 +, Paul Sladen wrote: > Hello people, > > Ubuntu currently ships a printer test page, which looks something > like this: The waste of such an enormous amount of ink has always been a concern of mine. I agree completely with your suggestion. It needs to have black

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Printer test page

2011-01-18 Thread Jon Farmer
On 18 January 2011 09:56, Paul Sladen wrote: > Hello people, > > Ubuntu currently ships a printer test page, which looks something > like this: > >  http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickj365/4125843224/ > > and hundreds of thousands (millions...) of these get printed each year > by people setting up t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Printer test page

2011-01-18 Thread Paul Mellors
On 01/18/2011 09:56 AM, Paul Sladen wrote: Hello people, Ubuntu currently ships a printer test page, which looks something like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickj365/4125843224/ and hundreds of thousands (millions...) of these get printed each year by people setting up their printer b

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Printer test page

2011-01-18 Thread Paul Sladen
Hello people, Ubuntu currently ships a printer test page, which looks something like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickj365/4125843224/ and hundreds of thousands (millions...) of these get printed each year by people setting up their printer because the default action offered to the user