[ale] canon Pixma

[Michael Trausch]

On Wed, 2010-05-12 at 23:17 -0400, Brian Pitts wrote:
> On 05/12/2010 11:44 AM, Michael Trausch wrote:
> > Lexmark has several internal entities and a relatively complex history.
> > The net result is that they are to be avoided for ink jets (for that
> > matter, _any_ ink jet is to be avoided, what you save in costs of
> > acquisition you only bleed in ink costs later) but they make *excellent*
> > laser printers.
> [snip]
> > I can't remember who had told me this, but someone not that long ago
> > told me that they met a Lexmark laser printer rep, and they were told to
> > go away because Lexmark sucks and they were a Linux user.  The rep
> > apologized for the ink jet department's existence, or something along
> > those lines.  Not surprising.
> 
> I think this was historically true but changed last year. Go into a big
> box store such as Walmart. Look at the boxes of the lexmark printers and
> you'll see our friend Tux. So, I'd say avoid *used* Lexmark inkjet
> printers, but look into their new stuff.

The most recent ink jet of theirs that I have seen first-hand advertised
that it worked with Linux... if you ran CUPS on a 32-bit x86 system.
Not what I would consider Linux-friendly, personally.

I actually wish that the Linux logo and the name Linux could not be used
insofar as compatibility with hardware unless it was cross platform.
That's not to say that it should include source code (though personally,
I think that it should---that is neither here nor there), but if you're
going to claim that you're compatible with Linux, at least include
software for the x86, x86-64, ppc32 and ppc64 platforms, if you're using
binary software that doesn't run on some runtime like the CLR or
whatever.

	--- Mike

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