Originally posted by crazycheese
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Please accept my apologies.
примите мои извинения!
I was out of line and apologize for my tone. I wish HP was good and that I thought differently since there is some open source support but geez, nothing would work for me.
As you probably surmised, I was just extremely frustrated. Also, it cost me mostly time but if you count the first printer I had, I bought that one. I got it strictly on the assumption it would be a good Linux-friendly/compatible printer. But, even in Windows, I had major trouble with all the HP printers I tried.
I guess HP printers don't like me!
I know I'm not the most gifted, technically speaking, with computers, but I thought I should be able to use a freakin' printer!
I read about Samsung 'halting' Linux support. It sounds like the most recent process is acquiring root privileges or something. Not sure how accurate a statement or description that is, but, the usage probably isn't going to be as ideal as the open source situation for HP.
I thought I read about Lexmark being more Linux frinedly. I thought I read that here, too? I figure a 'scanner only' device would be less problematic but the newest ones don't seem to have drivers or SANE support (via SANE project info and lack of Linux-oriented info). Canon seems to be the most available out of new scanners. I guess shopping for a used one might uncover something supported but there's no money back guarantee with that route.
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