Windows sucks at Printers!

No wonder IT people hate dealing with printers, I completely understand it now. I recently had to make a printer work with Windows. A samba shared printer that worked perfectly fine, no fuss, no muss with Linux. Windows, however refused to see it, use, or work with it. Even when connected directly to the windows machine, and installing the manufacturers Windows only drivers, it still simply would not work. Linux, however, just saw it, printed to it, and I never even had to ask it to add the printer. This is the story of IT frustration around the world. === Links === Zorin Linux - https://zorin.com/os/ Get the AwesomeOpenSource Merchandise https://osia.printify.me Support my Channel and ongoing efforts through Patreon: https://patreon.com/awesomeopensource Buy Me a Coffee or Beer https://paypal.me/BrianMcGonagill?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US === Get My Novel === Entanglement - by Brian McGonagill Dave is just a normal guy with a normal job that he doesn't like that much. That is, until he meets Leo, and gets the job he never imagined. Action, adventure, betrayal, love, loss, and some serious weirdness happen throughout this science fiction thrill-ride. --- eBook on Amazon by Country --- US - United States - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DZJ5PMHG UK - United Kingdom - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DZJ5PMHG DE - Germany - https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0DZJ5PMHG FR - France - https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B0DZJ5PMHG ES - Spain - https://www.amazon.es/dp/B0DZJ5PMHG IT - Italy - https://www.amazon.it/dp/B0DZJ5PMHG NL - Netherlands - https://www.amazon.nl/dp/B0DZJ5PMHG JP - Japan - https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0DZJ5PMHG BR - Brazil - https://www.amazon.com.br/dp/B0DZJ5PMHG CA - Canada - https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0DZJ5PMHG MX - Mexico - https://www.amazon.com.mx/dp/B0DZJ5PMHG AU - Australia - https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0DZJ5PMHG IN - India - https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0DZJ5PMHG --- Paperback by Country --- US - United States - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DZPM682N UK - United Kingdom - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DZPM682N DE - Germany - https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0DZPM682N FR - France - https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B0DZPM682N ES - Spain - https://www.amazon.es/dp/B0DZPM682N IT - Italy - https://www.amazon.it/dp/B0DZPM682N NL - Netherlands - https://www.amazon.nl/dp/B0DZPM682N PL - Poland - https://www.amazon.pl/dp/B0DZPM682N SE - Sweden - https://www.amazon.se/dp/B0DZPM682N JP - Japan - https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0DZPM682N CA - Canada - https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0DZPM682N AU - Australia - https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0DZPM682N --- Hard cover by Country --- US - United States - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DZPVSRNZ UK - United Kingdom - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DZPVSRNZ DE - Germany - https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0DZPVSRNZ FR - France - https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B0DZPVSRNZ ES - Spain - https://www.amazon.es/dp/B0DZPVSRNZ IT - Italy - https://www.amazon.it/dp/B0DZPVSRNZ NL - Netherlands - https://www.amazon.nl/dp/B0DZPVSRNZ PL - Poland - https://www.amazon.pl/dp/B0DZPVSRNZ SE - Sweden - https://www.amazon.se/dp/B0DZPVSRNZ === Timestamps === 00:00:00 Beginning 00:00:09 Introduction 00:01:40 The Problem 00:02:50 Thank you to my supporters 00:04:40 What I found in Troubleshooting 00:05:35 Using CUPS on Linux 00:07:15 Tell Windows to Add the Printer 00:11:25 The difference of 20 years 00:12:15 The normal argument === Contact === Matrix: @mickintx:discuss.opensourceisawesome.com Mastodon: @[email protected] === Special Thanks === Gabriela Lopez - Video Editor === Affiliates === Get a super cheap, yet powerful VPS at Racknerd https://my.racknerd.com/aff.php?aff=14764 Get a $50.00 credit for Digital Ocean by signing up with this link: https://m.do.co/c/a6a61ae55242 Use Hover as your Domain Name Registrar to get some great control over you domains / sub-domains: https://hover.com/SHPaiirr Support my Channel and ongoing efforts through Patreon: https://patreon.com/awesomeopensource What does the money go to? To Pay for Digital Ocean droplets, donations to open source projects I feature, any hardware I may need to purchase for future episodes.