Installing A New Printer. Windows vs. Linux
OK. This is just ridiculous.
I buy a new printer the other day. HP C6180. It's a pretty nice printer. All in one deal. B&W, Color, Photo, Scanner, Copier, Fax, USB, built in wired and wireless ethernet. This thing does it all for a reasonable price. Besides that my old $40 Canon printer just doesn't cut it for printing out my business presentations. I usually check the net to make sure new devices I buy have a good track record for working with Linux, but this time it was an impulse buy and I figured I could return it if I had problems.
Windows - 40 Minutes
So I start to install the drivers in Windows. After about 10 "Nexts" it starts to install the drivers. I get no less than 7 requests by my firewall to give access to the internet for various parts of HP software. After about 20 minutes and a few more firewall requests for access it appears to have installed the drivers plus a myriad of other software that I am not sure I really need or want. Finally, I think I am ready to print a test page. But NOOOOOO. Now tells me I have to reboot Windows. Good grief.
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