[Info-vax] printing from VMS

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <s1j4ui$77m$1 at tncsrv09.home.tnetconsulting.net>, Grant Taylor
<gtaylor at tnetconsulting.net> writes: 

> Most printer manufacturers use printers as a loss leader to hook you on 
> their ink.  Many of whom say using 3rd party ink voids the warranty.

Right.

> I used to say that the mark of a good (office) printer was that it 
> needed to cost between $500 and $1,000.  So, sub-$100 SOHO printers were 
> disposable.
> 
> > It's probably worth it to go for a laser printer---more expensive 
> > (but probably cheap enough by today's standards) but less cost per 
> > page, so we'll hit break-even in a reasonable time.
> 
> The following System32Comics comes to mind:
> 
> Link - 2 Years Anniversary
>   - 
> https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/system32comics/new-printer-2-year-anniversary/viewer?title_no=235074&episode_no=77

Not available here and now.  :-|

> > Ideally, such a printer would work well from VMS and various Apple 
> > deviceds (iPad, MacBook, iPhone).
> 
> Last I knew, "AirPrint" (space?) was what the feature was to allow 
> iDevices to print.  Few printers supported it last I looked.  

I didn't have to do anything special in order to print to the Canon from 
my iPad.