My IT Guy
I was given a printer this week. It's an HP Deskjet 952c, an older
discontinued printer. I don't really need a printer at home as I
can print stuff at work anytime I want but I have never printed
anything under linux and thought I would give it a try.
I am not sure where to start or what to install. Debian seems to
have a driver called
hplip and some tools in the
djtools package, but I am not sure if that's all I
need. There is also a package called
printconf that
installs and configures
CUPS for
you. The Debian
Wiki seems to suggest this
package.
You may recall I had installed Debian on my
work
laptop and last week had booted it at work, and then went to
microwave my lunch. When I got back to my desk, my IT guy was
there. He had been in our department and I guess noticed the
LILO
prompt and had booted into linux. He was sat there looking at the
encrypted partition password prompt. He asked me what the password
was and I told him it was none of his business. He replied that it
was his business as he was responsible for all the software on this
computer. I asked him that included Excel and he gave me a funny
look and again asked for the password. I then told him it was
"
MCSE" and walked away to eat my lunch. After lunch he was
gone but the laptop was still there so maybe he got bored or
something.