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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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&;
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
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