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  • crokett
    The Full Monte
    • Jan 2003
    • 10627
    • Mebane, NC, USA.
    • Ryobi BT3000
    #1

    My Evil Plan

    The printer we have at home doesn't have Linux drivers, so the desktop is still XP. I got my wife a new laptop today and will put Linux on it. I don't print at home much so not having printer support from my laptop doesn't bother me. Anyhoo, I will wait until she gets tired of going downstairs to print and is willing to replace the printer with one that supports Linux. Then I can move the XP desktop to Linux.
    David

    The chief cause of failure in this life is giving up what you want most for what you want at the moment.
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    • Ed62
      The Full Monte
      • Oct 2006
      • 6021
      • NW Indiana
      • BT3K
      #2
      David, you're a mean, mean man.

      Ed
      Do you know about kickback? Ray has a good writeup here... https://www.sawdustzone.org/articles...mare-explained

      For a kickback demonstration video http://www.metacafe.com/watch/910584...demonstration/

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        • Alex Franke
          Veteran Member
          • Feb 2007
          • 2641
          • Chapel Hill, NC
          • Ryobi BT3100
          #3
          Originally posted by crokett
          The printer we have at home doesn't have Linux drivers, so the desktop is still XP.
          It sounds like you've already done your research, but for other users who may not have, here's a good resource for checking to see if your printer will work with Linux: http://www.openprinting.org/printer_list.cgi

          I bet you were wringing your hands while concocting this dastardly scheme...
          online at http://www.theFrankes.com
          while ( !( succeed = try() ) ) ;
          "Life is short, Art long, Occasion sudden and dangerous, Experience deceitful, and Judgment difficult." -Hippocrates

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            • crokett
              The Full Monte
              • Jan 2003
              • 10627
              • Mebane, NC, USA.
              • Ryobi BT3000
              #4
              The plan worked to perfection and way sooner than I anticipated. I had an email from my wife this morning. She found a NIB printer on craigslist for 15 bucks. She also sent me a link to an open source site that listed the printer as supported under Linux. A week or two ago she didn't even know Linux existed.
              Last edited by crokett; 03-16-2009, 08:51 AM.
              David

              The chief cause of failure in this life is giving up what you want most for what you want at the moment.

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