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Hero999 said:

Windows printers are quite frankly crap.

It makes no sense to use the main CPU for tasks like printing a time where tasks such as graphics and sound are increasingly been handeled by other processors. Also it means that people can't use them with free software.

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Hero999 said:

I suppose so, but I would never buy one, not unless it has Linux drivers at least.

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Nigel Goodwin said:

It makes great commercial sense - it brings the cost of the printers right down! - because of Windows Printers you can now buy colour lasers for considerably less than black/white ones used to cost. In the old days 'real' printers cost a LOT of money, and you often had to upgrade the memory if you wanted to print a full page graphic on them!.

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Nigel Goodwin said:

Obviously something you would need to check for, they normally provide Windows and Mac drivers - and isn't the new Mac based on Linux?.

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Hero999 said:

That doesn't mean that Linux can use drivers meant for Mac OS X though.

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