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On Monday 16 October 2006 05:25, Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o> wrote |
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about 'Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Printer Setup': |
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> Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: |
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> > Probably an MFC-7420, like mine, or possibly one of it's "big |
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> > brothers." They have cups, lpd, and sane drivers available for x86 |
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> > linux, but no support for other arches (including x86_64) last time I |
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> > checked. |
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> Actually, cups drivers are binaries, so you could just use the x86 |
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> driver on a x86_64 system. It shouldn't really be slower either. |
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That makes sense. I know the sane drivers are 32-bit libraries, so my |
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64-bit sane instalaltion refused to load them. I ran into other problems |
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with the install (Gentoo isn't offically supported) and I've had good luck |
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with trying alternate printer drivers on other systems (including while I |
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was on Windows) so I just did that. I hear those issue with the install |
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are either fixed or have been clearly documented with workarounds. |
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"If there's one thing we've established over the years, |
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it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest |
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clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." |
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