They work better in Linux than Windows, not to mention backwards compatibility.

EDIT: I may be wrong about newest printer models, 2020 and above.

EDIT2: Hardware problems are an entirely different issue.

    • UnityDevice@startrek.website
      8·
      10 months ago

      My hp printer has worked perfectly and reliably with CUPS for years now. Just turn it on and print, works every time.
      Open source print drivers, baby! I still hate CUPS though.

    • Eldritch@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      Seriously, one of the best ways to fix printer issues with windows. Is to buy a cheap raspberry pi zero or similar. And stick it in between as a print server. It solves so many random issues for both bad printer, firmwears and fucky windows behaviors

  • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
    301·
    10 months ago

    CUPS is absolutely amazing compared to windows printer drivers which had whole ass critical CVEs several times already.

    Even Apple uses CUPS

    • c10l@lemmy.world
      8·
      10 months ago

      It’s no surprise Apple uses CUPS. They wrote it, after all.

      Edit: TIL Apple didn’t write CUPS themselves but they bought the company that did it pretty early in the game. Here’s a LWN article from the time, exposing some of the worries that came with the news of the acquisition: https://lwn.net/Articles/242020/

  • gmtom@lemmy.world
    183·
    10 months ago

    A Linux meme that’s somewhat critical of Linux?

    I wonder what the comments will be like…

  • Galds@lemmy.world
    15·
    10 months ago

    My printer used to integrate perfectly with windows 11. I was using some Ancient driver I found on some internet archive. windows updater found a new drive, now it’s a mess of different UIs to print or scan shit

    • 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
      12·
      10 months ago

      There is a way to disable driver updates via Windows update.

      Do a rollback on the driver, should bring back the old driver.

  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
    11·
    10 months ago

    Printers are pretty plug’n’play these days, at least until something technical goes wrong. Getting exactly what you want on paper can be pretty tough, though. I wrote an entire printing stack from scratch for an embedded system, but that was for a very specific set of models from a single manufacturer. It actually worked every time, especially when there were errors and warnings, but it took actual effort.

  • Jvrava9@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    154·
    10 months ago

    Brother printer initialised in a couple of clicks in Arch, took 10 minutes to do it in Windows.

    • soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz
      61·
      10 months ago

      I have been installing Arch for the last 2 years, so windows 10 min duration is significantly faster

    • dnick@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      10 months ago

      Brother printers were the last straw in throwing away they last inkjet I ever hope to own.

      Want to scan something into your computer, you say? Sorry, can’t do that because you’re low on magenta!

      No idea if their laser printers try the same crap, because I avoided that brand when it came to picking one out, but holy crap what an off-putting experience.

  • fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works
    6·
    10 months ago

    Has anyone had luck or experience with using IPP for printing from Linux? A standard networking protocol for printing sounds like it should make a lot of these problems mute.

  • indepndnt@lemmy.world
    5·
    10 months ago

    No joke, printing is like the #1 thing I like most about switching from Windows to Linux. I still get errors about the bypass tray every time I try to print from Windows. I’M NOT USING THE BYPASS TRAY!