Ubuntu is probably the most popular distro among Linux operating system users. Installing peripherals have been a challenge on Linux and although there have been improvisations to make the OS user-friendly, getting some devices up and running still remains a challenge. HPLIP is developed by HP to enable Linux users to get connected to its printers. The software driver package is ...
Previously, we had discussed regarding a few key points relating to Windows connected printers being shared with a Mac machine. Today, let’s look the other way and get introduced to a product that enables Windows users to discover Apple compatible printers on the network. Bonjour is a networking system that contains its proprietary protocols which works in cohorts with existing Windows ...
Xerox’s universal print driver, Mobile Express is a universal printer driver that can span across all leading brands in the industry, as per the claims. But, there have been reports that Mobile Express works only on a select list of printers and is mostly not compatible with non-postscript printers. Yet, many users have found the driver useful and relevant to ...
Don’t be limited by how fast your hand can move to the mouse! Check out these shortcuts for nine ways to get your hands up to speed with your brain. There’s actually a lot more than nine, but it’s always good to under-sell and over-deliver! 1. The Control key Holding Ctrl plus a direction arrow will jump you to the extremities of ...
Google has the Midas touch. Its browser in Beta stage, Google Chrome which hit the stands yesterday has taken the geek world by storm, and the company has recorded over a million downloads so far. Several thousand opinions and feedbacks are going across the web already and in a matter of days, it will multiply infinitely. Chrome is a competitor mainly ...
On this blog, we have used the term OCR software at times during scanner application reference. The term OCR abbreviates for Optical Character Recognition and quite a few readers have pinged me to know what it means. We will throw some light on the term OCR which is relatively new in concept but great for usability. As most of us ...
The time of the hour is to prevent deforestation by saving paper. Fineprint could have the right solution to tackle this situation. Fineprint 6.0 is an application/printer driver that uses paper effectively by reducing scrapped pages and removing the need for preprinted stationery. The company estimates that the savings are in the range of 35% and 50%. Here are some ...
A few days back, Apple released a universal printer driver for HP printers. And there were unconfirmed reports that Canon and Brother printer drivers were also released last week. Now, it’s Lexmark which is getting added on to its kitty. As we see it, Apple is trying to minimize its problems with Macs by having a fewer files, to take care ...
Geek friendly browser Firefox has unveiled the alpha version of Firefox 3.1 today and is available for download. The release is codenamed Shiretoko and is built on pre-release version of the Gecko 1.9.1 platform and is meant for developers and testers only. Shiretoko offers several features like a new graphical tab selector that shows page previews like Opera and enhances the ...
Apple has a habit of making big things for minute needs. The tradition is kept alive with the release of a universal HP printer driver version 1.1 for Mac OS X. The package/download is a humongous 405.1 MB, and probably I could pack an entire GUI operating system at this size. Well, Apple claims that all printer problems with HP ...
