Occasional printing, and supply problems

[Matt Graham]

On 2021-02-07 14:31, Daniel Stasinski via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> Matt Graham wrote:
>> I occasionally need to print things.  Like "every 6 months or so".
> Printer ownership is a lot like boat ownership.  Over the period of a
> year, it's usually cheaper just to rent a boat for the days you're
> actually going to use it.

Except there's a bloody pandemic going on right now, so interacting 
with other people is a risk that you should probably avoid if you can.  
OTOH, the Lexmark B2236 is A) in stock B) has PPDs for recent Ubuntu LTS 
releases on the manufacturer's support website.  (The URL is way too 
long, can provide.)  I do not know whether they're telling the truth or 
not.  However, I have ordered a B2236, and sometime next week, I will be 
able to say whether it actually works in Linux or not.

I'll report what I find to openprinting.org , but AFAICT they're kind 
of not keeping up with things.  It used to be that manufacturer websites 
DNGAF about Linux.  Now the worst "Winprinter" offender in the old days 
has PPDs and CUPS filters for many widely-used distros available for one 
of their mid-level printers.  *shrug*

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