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Re:Google Play Store and “over a million apps” could be head... by bpicolo on Monday April 25, 2016 @11:25AM (#11564807)
To be fair, printing is hard on pretty much every device :(
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Re:Google Play Store and “over a million apps” could be head... by Nullabillity on Monday April 25, 2016 @12:46PM (#11565487)
Never had issues after just adding the printer's IP (and PSD driver) to CUPS.
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Re:Google Play Store and “over a million apps” could be head... by stephenr on Monday April 25, 2016 @12:39PM (#11565442)
It really isn't.
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Re:Google Play Store and “over a million apps” could be head... by jfoster on Monday April 25, 2016 @12:50PM (#11565514)
It doesn't work well.

USB flash drives work well. Charging cables work well. HDMI sometimes works well. WiFi (nowadays) sometimes works well. Chromecast sometimes works well.

Printing is (at best) in the "sometimes works well" basket.

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Re:Google Play Store and “over a million apps” could be head... by stephenr on Monday April 25, 2016 @09:49PM (#11568859)
Printing, like Wifi is entirely dependent on the devices you buy.

Buy a decent print server and a decent wifi AP (or a decent device that does both).

When I had a real job, HP were the print server to beat for us (a ~30 campus state-wide educational department). Now (in a home-office setup) I use an Airport Express with a Canon inkjet.

Maybe your experience is with Windows based network printing without a corporate network? I'm sure that probably sucks donkey balls, but honestly that's just another issue with the tools you choose. Choose a shitty print server or a shitty OS and you can expect to get shit.

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