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| 04:01.51 | boudiccas | hi folks, how can i tell if a printer is supported by centos? i'm going to look at some printers later on in town and i want to know if centos supports it before i buy it |
| 06:25.26 | ChoHag | linuxprinting.org |
| 07:21.17 | hali | i usually go for big brand and not the latest model |
| 07:21.22 | hali | Hp/epson etc |
| 07:21.30 | hali | tbh, almost always HP |
| 07:32.31 | bilarh | get one that understands postscript |
| 07:32.54 | hali | well, isn't PCL more then way to go these days? :) |
| 07:33.03 | bilarh | I'm old school |
| 07:33.10 | bilarh | i don't trust all that new technology |
| 07:33.14 | hali | yeah i do me' docs in TeX |
| 07:33.32 | bilarh | boudiccas: and I'd make sure they throw a couple of extra ribbons in as well, they're expensive and hard to get hold of nowadays |
| 07:45.26 | wethrin | hali: LaTeX too modern for you? :) |
| 07:46.05 | hali | if it's not good enough for Knuth it's not good enough for me! |
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| 11:36.47 | dick_turpin | Afternoon all |
| 11:38.37 | Armand | Dafternoon, dick_turpin! |
| 11:55.42 | dick_turpin | bilarh: Put that young lad down and get in here |
| 11:58.18 | bilarh | oi you |
| 12:01.30 | dick_turpin | bilarh: Sorry did I put you off your reach around? |
| 12:52.34 | boudiccas | does anyone know of a good uptodate site for seeing if a printer is linux compatible. i'm specifically looking at Brother DCP197c, dell 1100, or Canon IP3600 ? i've looked at http://www.openprinting.org/printers and none of the printers are listed there |
| 12:55.59 | boudiccas | dick_turpin, can you put your salesman hat on and help me out please? |
| 12:59.21 | antiphase | HP or Epson is the best bet as already said I think |
| 12:59.28 | antiphase | Not some Winbollox |
| 13:00.34 | boudiccas | those are the only makes in the shop, so thats what i'm looking at :( |
| 13:00.42 | antiphase | Get it online for cheeper |
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| 13:03.35 | dick_turpin | I know my really old Canon BJC (250?) worked with pretty much every Linux distro so I reckon you'd be OK with a Canon however as antiphase says HP are pretty well supported |
| 13:04.22 | antiphase | I had one of those, about 10 years ago |
| 13:05.47 | PcSett | Hi Peeps - anyone know of a snailmail address for Demon, the ISP, to which I may send a communication with some hope of it being read? |
| 13:08.08 | Armand | O_O |
| 13:08.24 | Armand | You're probably better off with smoke signals.. |
| 13:08.55 | PcSett | Yeah - my experience! |
| 13:10.19 | PcSett | I've probabl;y breached soem protocol or other in diving in with this request, bt |
| 13:10.56 | PcSett | ooo, blurry fingers ... but I've been driven to distraction |
| 13:12.13 | antiphase | Vote with your wallet |
| 13:13.28 | PcSett | Hi antiphase - yup, did that. Now with BT, but oh dear, I just want to clear the Demon stuff and I can't ŧrust them to respond to anything. |
| 13:14.21 | PcSett | IE - If I pay their last invoice, I fear another will just follow in a month. |
| 13:15.04 | Armand | Respond with a threat of legal action.. if you've already cancelled the contract. |
| 13:15.05 | antiphase | Phone them then |
| 13:15.43 | wethrin | Oh. Demon. Their accounting department are a bunch of shysters |
| 13:15.46 | wethrin | Avoid like the plague |
| 13:16.03 | wethrin | Took them 6 months to actually cancel my account properly |
| 13:16.17 | wethrin | and it involved a talk with a collection agency |
| 13:16.36 | wethrin | unsurprisingly, it all got resolved when I explained to the agency precicely *why* I didn't owe Demon anything |
| 13:16.45 | PcSett | Ah - yes. Three calls in all, in each case rendering me a gibbering racist nut case! By the way, it seems to me wethrin's right too. Thanks for a seeming moral suport! |
| 13:16.49 | dick_turpin | wethrin: They sound nice :-) |
| 13:17.04 | wethrin | the agency were quite pleasant to deal with |
| 13:17.24 | dick_turpin | No Demons accounts department |
| 13:18.45 | PcSett | I have a feeling that any listing of my experiences is only going to call forth a chorus of Me toos! |
| 13:19.19 | Armand | Not me.. I don't have much trouble dealing with shit-bag companies. |
| 13:20.03 | PcSett | I'm very willing to learn ... |
| 13:22.01 | PcSett | Forgive me - wrong place/time. I'll just keep watching. |
| 13:37.22 | boudiccas | if a printer is listed as wireless, then it should still work without wireless, yes? is my thinking correct?? |
| 13:38.29 | wethrin | it'll still need a mains lead |
| 13:38.42 | wethrin | it'll most likely still have a USB port, though |
| 13:40.02 | boudiccas | right, thanks wethrin , i think i'll get one from amazon, the HP Deskjet F4580 All-in-One Printer |
| 13:40.53 | boudiccas | listed at http://www.amazon.co.uk/HP-Deskjet-F4580-All-in-One-Printer/dp/B002OHD9GE/ref=dp_ob_title_ce. can anyone think of any negatives as to why i shouldnt get it please? |
| 13:42.34 | wethrin | Small capacity cartridges? |
| 13:43.18 | boudiccas | is that a guess or prior knowledge? |
| 13:43.33 | wethrin | I read the customer reviews :) |
| 13:43.38 | boudiccas | ah right |
| 13:43.44 | boudiccas | i missed that bit |
| 13:44.08 | antiphase | The cartridge that comes with the thing is almost certain to run out in 5 minutes |
| 13:44.16 | antiphase | but that's normal for stinkjets |
| 13:47.30 | bilarh | if you're going inkjet, i'd recommend getting something that has cheap cartridges |
| 13:47.44 | boudiccas | i had a hp deskjet 320 which lasted me for years until it got irremidably jammed, poor thing |
| 13:47.45 | bilarh | you'll pay more for the printer itself, but at least you wont be robbed blind every time you need to buy ink |
| 13:48.08 | boudiccas | bilarh, any good models that you know of please? |
| 13:48.21 | bilarh | no :( |
| 13:48.31 | bilarh | we have some kind of canon one at home, but we only use it with the mac |
| 13:49.37 | boudiccas | right, i'm going for the HP Deskjet F4580 All-in-One Printer, as i have need of a scanner too. just 44.97 from amazon |
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| 13:53.05 | boudiccas | right, ordered and should get it tomorrow, just in time for me to print out my essay for the ECA |
| 13:56.09 | PcSett | Sincere thanks for an instructive interlude. Bye for now, good guys/guyesses ... |
| 13:57.06 | antiphase | Are there any women here? </Python> |
| 13:57.45 | wethrin | PcSett: Good luck |
| 13:58.01 | wethrin | And keep copies of any correspondence |
| 13:58.15 | bilarh | boudiccas: eh.. submit it using etma? :P |
| 13:58.21 | wethrin | PcSett: Oh, postal address for Thus: |
| 13:58.29 | wethrin | <PROTECTED> |
| 13:58.29 | wethrin | <PROTECTED> |
| 13:58.29 | wethrin | <PROTECTED> |
| 13:58.29 | wethrin | <PROTECTED> |
| 13:58.29 | wethrin | <PROTECTED> |
| 13:58.33 | wethrin | should get you something |
| 13:58.52 | wethrin | or |
| 13:59.00 | wethrin | Demon |
| 13:59.00 | wethrin | 1-2 Berkeley Square |
| 13:59.00 | wethrin | 99 Berkeley Street |
| 13:59.00 | wethrin | Glasgow |
| 13:59.00 | wethrin | G3 7HR |
| 13:59.02 | wethrin | United Kingdom |
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| 14:17.55 | boudiccas | bilarh, no, its got to be printed out and posted to milton keynes so that they receive it by 14/10/10. its a bind really but it has to be done |
| 14:20.53 | bilarh | boudiccas: ah :( |
| 14:25.24 | boudiccas | hence the frantic scurrying round to get a working printer. |
| 14:30.28 | bilarh | that's insane, though, isn't it? :( |
| 14:30.35 | bilarh | it's almost 2011 |
| 14:40.31 | boudiccas | yes, but if i dont send it in then i dont get the marks and the credit, so i'll have just wasted a couple of months. ergo, i do the essay, print it out and send it in |
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| 18:18.28 | gregj | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Onjgar2fLxY&feature=sub |
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| 21:41.34 | AVerTV | i have a Pentium III 750 MHz 256MB RAM running Ubuntu lucid. Everything worked ok but it was very slow running Gnome so i installed fluxbox and now everything works ok except my AverMedia AVerTV Volar Black HD (A850) which is a TDT USB device. It actually kinda works under gnome but the picture is a bit jerky and i lose audio within 20 seconds of running kaffeine. Can anyone help me? |
| 21:41.46 | AVerTV | http://pastebin.com/ET5tFUUV |
| 21:42.48 | AVerTV | on a fluxbox session dmesg shows no errors but Kaffeine says: "device not connected" |