Re: Lexmark Printers in Linux

houghi wrote:

> Kevin Nathan wrote:
>> My definition is much stricter than yours: 'out of the box' means I
>> take the printer (or whatever) out of the box, plug it in and it's
>> immediately recognized (and possibly even setup and running, although
>> that's not strictly necessary IMO). No CDs, no drivers from internet,
>> etc. Anything else is *not* 'out of the box'!
>
> Darn, then my printer/scanner does not work out of the box. I have to
> click 3 or 4 times to get it working. Well, the scanner part.
>

As long as no driver software is required that isn't installed in the OS by
default, then that is out of the box, your just being pedantic :-P You
might need to click a couple of buttons, but as long as you don't need a CD
or an internet download, you *can* claim it works out of the box ;-)

Dave
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