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Re: [tlug] mozilla



>>>>> "Scott" == Scott Robbins <scottro@example.com> writes:

    Scott> One would think, however, that by now, they would have
    Scott> begun supporting printing with cups, but not being a
    Scott> developer, it's easy for me to say.

Printing is hard.  Remember, unlike the X server or even the Windows
OS, printers don't talk back.  Get it right the first time, or waste a
ream of paper listing a multi-megabyte postscript file.  Even printer
spoolers are pretty bad about talking back when the job smells more
like a fish than a file.

And never forget that lack of access to printer driver internals is
why there _is_ a free software movement.


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