Posted on 05/19/2008 2:43:34 AM PDT by LuLuLuLu
What do you mean when you say that Firefox won’t allow you to copy and paste pictures? If there is a picture on a web page, you should be able to right-click and select Copy or Save As. You can then Paste whatever you copied into a graphics program (like gimp or eog).
You can’t run your Windows printer software on Linux. You have to use the Linux drivers. Click Applications —> System Tools —> Printers. This is called CUPS (Common Unix Printer System). You should be able to setup your printer through CUPS. There are some printers that do not have drivers or have drivers that don’t work very well.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I’m writing this through Ubuntu 7.10/Firefox. I have no problem copying pictures with Firefox. Simply right click and select ‘Save Image As’.
As for printers, you have to use Linux drivers. Go to System/Administration/Printing and select the New Printer icon at top-left. You’ll have to tell it the make/model # of your printer. Be aware; some printers don’t have Linux drivers.
You can’t install Windows software on Linux. The only way to get Windows applications to run is by running an application such as Wine, Virtual Box, VM Ware or Crossover. But I don’t know whether that would relate to installing a printer. Haven’t tried that...
Sorry, I should have responded to this in my first reply. Linux/Ubuntu is a lot different than Windows. The underlying file structure is different, and the way Ubuntu (and other Linux GUI's) present the desktop is different. Frankly, it takes some getting used to, but once familiar, is easy to navigate.
As with anything else, a little time invested in playing around with it will be rewarded.
You state you now have a PC with Linux/Ubuntu installed. Is this a new PC? Is this the only operating system on the PC? If so, you may be able to configure a dual boot situation where Windows can reside on the PC with Linux (you'd have to partition the hard drive, adding a Fat32 or NTFS partition for Windows). Once that's done, Linux will recognize that partition but Windows will not recognize the Linux partition.
Mine is a dual boot configuration. I can use Open Office (on Ubuntu) to run/create Microsoft Office documents and store them on my NTFS partition. I can also run some Windows applications because I have Virtual Box installed.
Sounds like the configuration I've got now. My hard drive crashed - I was running Windows XP. When I got my notebook back, I did the dual boot thing and mostly use Ubuntu and occasionally boot into Windows XP for a few specific things. I'll have to try Virtual Box to see if I can boot if I can boot into XP even less.
I’m still new to the Virtual Box situation. My main thing in XP is Quicken. While I’ve gotten Quicken installed in Ubuntu using Crossover, it’s very limited and I gave up using it. I still go to windows for that.
Once concern I have with Virtual Box is resources. I have 1.25 Gb RAM. Just how much will be taken by Virtual Box, and the affect it has on resources remains to be seen. I can upgrade to 2Gb, and may do so. But that will come when I find the time to fool with it further. Right now, well....
Fully automatic printer installation
Printers are now automatically configured by merely plugging them in and turning them on. Printer setup cannot get any easier!
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printer-auto-detection.png
Lexmark Z23 printer
I have an old Lexmark Z23 printer, and it takes a little extra work to get it running.
1.
sudo apt-get install alien libstdc++5
wget -c -P /tmp/ http://www.downloaddelivery.com/srfilecache/CJLZ35LE-CUPS-2.0-1.TAR.GZ
pushd /tmp
tar -xvzf CJLZ35LE-CUPS-2.0-1.TAR.GZ
tail -n +143 lexmarkz35-CUPS-2.0-1.gz.sh > install.tar.gz
tar -xvzf install.tar.gz
sudo alien —to-deb *.rpm
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
sudo ldconfig
popd
cd /usr/share/cups/model
sudo gunzip Lexmark-Z35-lxz35cj-cups.ppd.gz
sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys restart
2.
gksudo /usr/bin/system-config-printer
and then click the “New Printer” button.
3. If the printer is connected directly to the computer via USB, select “Lexmark Z23-33 USB #n” and click “Forward”.
4. If the printer is to be accessed via the network, select “Other”, and enter
http://$SERVER:631/printers/$PRINTER
where $SERVER is the server URL or IP address and $PRINTER is the printer name on the server, and then click “Forward”. You can find the names of the shared printer on a server by visiting the following URL in your web browser:
where $SERVER is the server URL or IP address.
5. Select the “Provide PPD File” radio button, and click the button initially labeled “None”, and navigate to /usr/share/cups/model and choose the file named Lexmark-Z35-lxz35cj-cups.ppd.
HP printers
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-583143.html
Epson printers
http://search.earthlink.net/search?q=install+epson+printer+gutsy&area=earthlink-ws&channel=broadband&FD=0&;
Fully automatic printer installation
Printers are now automatically configured by merely plugging them in and turning them on. Printer setup cannot get any easier!
*
printer-auto-detection.png
Lexmark Z23 printer
I have an old Lexmark Z23 printer, and it takes a little extra work to get it running.
1.
sudo apt-get install alien libstdc++5
wget -c -P /tmp/ http://www.downloaddelivery.com/srfilecache/CJLZ35LE-CUPS-2.0-1.TAR.GZ
pushd /tmp
tar -xvzf CJLZ35LE-CUPS-2.0-1.TAR.GZ
tail -n +143 lexmarkz35-CUPS-2.0-1.gz.sh > install.tar.gz
tar -xvzf install.tar.gz
sudo alien —to-deb *.rpm
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
sudo ldconfig
popd
cd /usr/share/cups/model
sudo gunzip Lexmark-Z35-lxz35cj-cups.ppd.gz
sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys restart
2.
gksudo /usr/bin/system-config-printer
and then click the “New Printer” button.
3. If the printer is connected directly to the computer via USB, select “Lexmark Z23-33 USB #n” and click “Forward”.
4. If the printer is to be accessed via the network, select “Other”, and enter
http://$SERVER:631/printers/$PRINTER
where $SERVER is the server URL or IP address and $PRINTER is the printer name on the server, and then click “Forward”. You can find the names of the shared printer on a server by visiting the following URL in your web browser:
where $SERVER is the server URL or IP address.
5. Select the “Provide PPD File” radio button, and click the button initially labeled “None”, and navigate to /usr/share/cups/model and choose the file named Lexmark-Z35-lxz35cj-cups.ppd.
HP printers
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-583143.html
Epson printers
http://search.earthlink.net/search?q=install+epson+printer+gutsy&area=earthlink-ws&channel=broadband&FD=0&;;
sorry for double post
Talk about understatement.
Hah! And I kept my feelings about Terminal and Sudo commands to myself. Boy, am I restrained.
The file structure is definitely different, and is where your learning curve will be highest, but it makes sense pretty quickly once you read a little about it.
I’m not having any printer problems. I was simply remarking on my distaste for Terminal and Sudo commands. It’s like regressing to DOS all over again.
If other new Linux users are like me, it’s a big drawback.
Well,...now it is Wednesday...so what happened?
I still can’t do anything that has been suggested.
I did the Applications —> Sys Tools >> Printers and the system did not find my printer.
I can do a “Save As” on pictures (goes to my desktop), but I don’t have a ‘Copy’ option when I right click on a picture.
I thank you all for the suggestions; obviously, I’m doing SOMETHING wrong, and am seriously considering going all old fashioned and forgetting computers.
What model is the printer?
HP DeskJet 712C
(Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. At the same time I’m struggling with tech problems, we’re renovating our kitchen. I truly appreciate our ancestors more than I ever had!)
Thank you very much for your interest and your help.
HOWTO: Install HP Printers for Beginners
I have never had to do anything with CUPS...wouldn't know how to.
Guess I should also ask which Ubuntu Level are you running...?
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