Re: Installing a printer
Byron Nilsen wrote:
This must be a well-worn question. I just installed woody. The
installation did not stop to inquire about my specific printer make/model
which is an older (ca 1990) Canon BJ-200ex. It did install a generic
dot-matix driver which works for ASCII text, and as near as I can tell,
several PostScript type drivers. I am certain that the correct driver is
on one of the seven CDs I have but don't know how to identify it.
Apt-get requires a specific package name. How do I identify which
package to use for this particular printer?
Thanks,
Byron Nilsen
Have a look at http://linuxprinting.org/cups-doc.html for general cups
installation howto and use this driver:
http://linuxprinting.org/show_driver.cgi?driver=bj200&fromprinter=Canon-BJ-200
(assuming a BJ-200ex is compatible with Canon-BJ-200 -- as that one
didn't show up in their data base)
As for packages, if you want to try cups, use the cupsys packages (I
think?) and the cupsomatic-ppd package;
If the driver you need is not in gs, compile gs from the esp-gs sources
-- that's easier than compiling an other gs source (in my experience anyway)
HTH,
Joris
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