I’ve noticed a general sentiment that printing on Linux is (or at least was) extremely cumbersome and difficult. Why is that?

  • mumei@lemmy.world
    6·
    1 day ago

    I have a HP printer and printing is never a smooth process. No idea why, but it takes me 5/10 minutes each time

    • space_of_eights@lemmy.mlNederlands
      2·
      16 hours ago

      I have the exact opposite experience. It always prints and although it only prints about 6 pages per minute, it starts immediately. However, I have an old-ish HP laser printer without the crappy adware.

      My next printer will not be a HP for that reason.

      • mumei@lemmy.world
        1·
        9 hours ago

        Teach me your ways. I don’t have a very new model, I think it’s a 4130e or something. Do you use CUPS?

    • Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      4·
      1 day ago

      From my experience I’ve had to deal with their software adware for which I’ve had to close pop ups and upsell ads before I could do anything with their printers, so that might be why it takes long to print a simple page

      • mumei@lemmy.world
        2·
        9 hours ago

        My issue lies elsewhere, it takes me that long to have the printer recognized by the OS, then by CUPS browser, then I send the printing job and… it just stalls, never prints. I then cycle the USB ports and start all over again until it miraculously prints