[vox] Windows really DOES suck! (Or maybe it's HP...)

[Bob Scofield]

Richard Crawford wrote:

>
>So, my server talks to the printer just fine, as does my Kubuntu desktop and 
>my Kubuntu laptop.  No additional configuration is necessary on any of these 
>machines.
>
>On Windows, though, it's an entirely different story.
>

>
>I'm pondering returning the machine at this point.  Anyone aware of any 
>solutions to my dilemma?
>  
>
I, of course, have no solution.  But seeing as how you've posted to Vox 
instead of Vox-Tech, I feel justified in telling my story.  A year or so 
ago I bought an HP Laserjet 1320.  I installed the software that came 
with it.  The thing has worked flawlessly in Linux, but I had all kinds 
of trouble in Windows.  While these problems are irritating, the stories 
are great.  It used to be that things worked in Windows but not in Linux.

Anyway, HP support said that they thought that the Windows software was 
designed for my printer to be hooked up as a USB deviice, when I had it 
hooked up to the parallel port.  So they told me to get rid of the 
software.  I did.  Now the printer works very quickly and flawlessly in 
Linux still, and while it does work in Windows it takes a long time for 
the print jobs to start.  I'm starting to think that HP products might 
be more compatible with Linux than Windows these days.

Bob