I’ve noticed a general sentiment that printing on Linux is (or at least was) extremely cumbersome and difficult. Why is that?

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    2 months ago

    my printer spits out page upon page of random characters and mess when I try to print from my desktop, gave up and use my phone now

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      2 months ago

      You need to set the correct settings. It takes a few tries but in my experience it isn’t that hard

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        2 months ago

        you need to set the correct settings

        thanks for the insightful suggestion wowee