buying a printer

[chris]

On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 05:20 -0600, Glenn Holmer wrote:
> 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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> 
> 
> 

well put