Printer For Linux

[Niloc]

I have a Canon Laser printer but despite my best efforts I cannot get it to work for Linux, I am using Ubuntu 8.04 and all I want to print are letters and the usual b&w stuff.

All suggestions wecome.

Does anyone want to swap for a Canon Laser printer....

Colin

[21prozent]

I have a Canon Laser printer but despite my best efforts I cannot get it to work for Linux, I am using Ubuntu 8.04 and all I want to print are letters and the usual b&w stuff.

All suggestions wecome.

Does anyone want to swap for a Canon Laser printer....

Colin

Hi Colin,

a HP Laser Jet works fine, allthough a Canon Laser model should work, too.

What Canon do you have? And is there any error message?

Dirk

[Niloc]

Dirk it is a Laser Shot, LBP 1210. It works OK under Windows (I have the installion CD for Windows but not for Linux).

I don't need colour printing, just for office letters and source code.

Thanks for your interest..

Colin

[RKASA]

Normally you can google the printer type with the word linux at the end and get a tread that has solutions to any install problems for that type printer.

like this one I didn't read yet myself but good example first hit.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_insta...rinter_in_linux

that link looks trunck it says How do you install canon lbp-1210 printer in linux

this one looks better http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-672928.html

How to install the Canon LBP-1210 printer on Ubuntu 7.10 can't have changed to much.

Edited May 5, 2009 by RKASA

[Niloc]

RKASA, I have been through this process with limited success. Sometimes it works but usually it is simply wasted time and effort.

I have decided to just buy another printer, I know they are kept cheap as the companies make money from the inks etc, not the machine itself.

All I am looking for is a printer which will work in Linux 'Out Of The Box' and not require hours of farting around like the Canon did!!

Thanks,

Colin

[Richard-BKK]

He Colin,

Look at Brother, Brother maybe not work out of the box.. but they have drivers in the Ubuntu repo, if not there you can find the at http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/index.html

I have a "old" Brother MFC-3220C Printer,scanner, and fax... I had the idea that it would never work... but it did... Now-a-day we use a HP laser but still the next printer is a Brother again...drivers etc are so easy to get

[siamshot]

I'm using a Fuji Xerox Docuprint 203A, a 100% clone of the Brother HL 2040, just cheaper and working well with HL2060 Driver from Brother (in driver data-base of Ubuntu).

[Niloc]

Siamshot, sounds exactly what I need, did you get it in Chiang Mai? If so, where?

Colin

[RKASA]

For just cheap printing I have a iP1980 canon which worked in PClinuxOS.  The canon site has .deb and .rpm's to support it.  With kpackage Installed I only had to right click the rpm and it installs it.  Then from the task bar select printer set up and its click click.  Works great.    For scaning I have a Lexmark all in one thats not supported in linux and the printer  part is broken anyway.  I have xp in Virtualbox and it scans direact to the file share folder, piece of cake.  I don't think it going to be any easyer then that unless the package is aready installed.  Try listing the printer drivers in ubuntu and then use that as a shopping guide.  Then it should be near plug and play.

[Richard-BKK]

He Siamshot,

Are the consumables like drum and toner also identical? Never hear of Xerox using Brother stuff, honestly I would expect the opposite, as Xerox was the inventor of the technology behind the laserprinter...

Still good news, I have two Fuji Xerox copiers on service contract and a Fuji Xerox laser would fit right in...

[Niloc]

I went to Macro in Chiang Mai and found an HP Deskjet D1560 and it installed itself very easily. The cost was 950 baht and I am very happy, it has a colour cartridge which is very nice and the only complaint I have is the lengthy and noisy startup routine.

Colin