From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
To: Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com>
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Does your printer work with Guix System? Please share!
Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2019 22:47:29 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pnpyg8ta.fsf@elephly.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87v9zzeesj.fsf@gmail.com>
Hi Chris,
> Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> "Jovany Leandro G.C" <bit4bit@riseup.net> writes:
>>
>>> and my best option, go to shop center with your laptop with
>>> software libre 100% connect the printer and see you can install
>>> it and print.
>>
>> That's a great idea! I'll see if the stores near me let me do this.
>
> I went to a store and tested 8 different printers. They didn't work
> with Guix System, but I couldn't tell if the printer's fault or not.
> Going forward, I think I'm going to bring along a more mainstream
> FSDG-compliant distro, like Trisquel, so it's easier to tell if the
> failure to print is a Guix-specific problem.
Oh, that sounds painful.
> Anyway, my quest for a printer continues. I'll let you know if and when
> I find "The One"! As always, if anyone has more info to share, please
> do.
I would like to note that I’ve tested my Brother HL-L2370DN laser
printer again and it still works fine. I also added the brlaser package
to Guix.
--
Ricardo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-04-06 20:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-03-23 5:27 Does your printer work with Guix System? Please share! Chris Marusich
2019-03-23 17:45 ` znavko
2019-03-23 20:42 ` Chris Marusich
2019-03-24 5:26 ` znavko
2019-03-24 18:52 ` Chris Marusich
2019-03-23 19:09 ` Jovany Leandro G.C
2019-03-24 19:33 ` Chris Marusich
2019-03-31 6:30 ` Chris Marusich
2019-04-06 6:59 ` Björn Höfling
2019-04-06 20:47 ` Ricardo Wurmus [this message]
2019-04-08 3:41 ` Chris Marusich
2019-04-08 6:36 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2019-04-08 8:19 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-04-08 9:11 ` Chris Marusich
2019-03-23 20:05 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2019-03-23 20:33 ` Chris Marusich
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