<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi,<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 24 Jan 2019 at 20:28, Brian <<a href="mailto:ad44@cityscape.co.uk">ad44@cityscape.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
It was also a reaction to the responses to the OP's post, which straight<br>
away leap into the "install the Brother drivers....." routine. Things<br>
have changed considerably in the last few years. Drivers are not needed<br>
for modern printers. In fact, CUPS will cease to support drivers a few<br>
years from now.<br></blockquote></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Despite having a working HP LaserJet (with scanner) and using the hp-setup package, I am interested in learning this new (to me) way of handling printers. Mainly because I run a Computer Refurbishment Project where people donate old kit and I refurbish it and it gets given away to people with mental health problems, their carer's or families.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">A friend, DD, wanted a computer. She provided me with an old printer she wanted it to work with and I had to use a really old lubuntu on it to get the printer to work. Complete nightmare. <br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">So, in the future, if I need to get a printer working with a computer, do I just boot lubuntu / Ubuntu and then look at <a href="http://localhost:631">http://localhost:631</a> in a web browser?</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Thanks,</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Ian<br clear="all"></div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>-- ACCU - Professionalism in programming - <a href="http://www.accu.org" target="_blank">http://www.accu.org</a><br></div>-- My writing - <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/ianbruntlett/" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/site/ianbruntlett/</a><br><div>-- Free Software page - <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/ianbruntlett/home/free-software" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/site/ianbruntlett/home/free-software</a><br></div><br> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>