buying a printer

[Glenn Holmer]

On Wed, 2010-01-20 at 21:02 -0800, Johnneylee Rollins wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Steve wrote:
> >> On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:17:04 -0000, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> chris wrote:
> >>>> On Wed, 2010-01-20 at 13:39 -0600, Preston Hagar wrote:
> >>>>> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com>
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>                Any new printer will work with Linux now. So find what
> >>>>>         you
> >>>>>         can afford and if what you buy is new it will work.
> >>>>>
> >>>> Absolute nonsense
> >>>>
> >>>      Not so. The new printers now all have an agreed on format
> >>> that the Linux printer driver provides. You are just out of touch.
> >>>
> >> Could you point me to information on this 'agreed format'
> >>
> >        I found it on Google about a year ago. Not sure they had the
> > format to show you, just that it exists. Our cups is made to
> > match that so Ubuntu works.
> >
> Karl do us a favor and actually provide information that isn't based
> in your own opinions.

Karl has been asked repeatedly to stop misdirecting new Ubuntu users by
making things up off the top of his head.  He is also often asked to
back up what he says, which he is naturally unable to do ("I found it on
Google about a year ago"... are you kidding?).

His responses are not to be trusted.

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