Printing and the XO

[david at lang.hm]

On Thu, 3 Jan 2008, Greg Smith (gregmsmi) wrote:

> Which teachers or schools have been asking for printing support? If we
> can add some documentation on that to the Wiki it will help a lot.

for some schools (like Birmingham, Alabama) they won't ask for printing 
support becous ethey won't imagine a computer system being setup that 
doesn't include it.

> It makes sense that schools would want printing and CUPS is a robust
> tool in my experience.

CUPS may be robust, but it may al ba sledgehammer being used to swat a fly 
(see my other e-mail on the subject for more of my thoughts on the matter)

> Real world user cases will help determine how much effort is needed on
> the configuration/moderation fronts. They can also help validate if
> copying files to a USB drive is a viable alternative.

it would be better to force kids to use the journal and drag documents to 
the server (or to the printer) and have them copied to the server and then 
use something on the server to print the document than it would be to 
force sneakernet to be used for printing

David Lang

> My guess is schools want a printer if they can afford one. Let us know
> what feedback shows it's a priority for existing XO deployments and
> let's find out what printers they have and how they want to use them.