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Thanks Tim Waugh, This worked first try, great! Joe > On Thu, 2009-12-03 at 10:53 +0000, Joe Feely wrote: >> I use a Dell 1720 laser printer 13 miles away (when I visit there), with >> no IN connection. > Here's a user-contributed openprinting.org entry for that device (I > think): > http://www.openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Dell-1720dn > > It looks like you have two main options: PCL and PostScript. CUPS in > Fedora 12 already comes with drivers for both of these languages so it > shouldn't be too hard to set up. It won't be automatic though, as far > as I can tell. This is because that device is not specifically listed > as being supported by any of the main printer drivers. >> How can I "install the required driver" while at home, from which I have >> access to the IN (and the CD I installed from, though I've no handy >> means of using this where the printer is). > First, make sure you have installed the updates. > Next, take a look at this entry in the common bugs list: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F12_bugs#foomatic-not-installed > As foomatic does contain some additional PCL and PostScript drivers, it > might be worth installing it. Better to have it available to try than > not, especially with no Internet connection on site. > Also worth installing: gutenprint-cups, which has some PCL drivers of > its own. > Once you have all those installed there's not a lot more you can > usefully do until you have the device connected. Once you have though > it should prompt you to select a driver for it, presuming it's a USB > device. Otherwise: > System->Administration->Printing > Click New > The printer should already be shown and selected; if not, select the > connection type (e.g. LPT #1 or whatever). Click Next. > Select Generic for the manufacturer. (PCL and PostScript are standard > languages supported by many different manufacturers, and as I said > earlier there is no driver with specific support for this model.) Click > Forward. > Select PCL Laser Printer (this is the CUPS PCL driver), for example. > Click Forward, and follow the rest of the on-screen instructions. > It will ask you whether to print a test page -- do this. If it doesn't > work, double-click on the printer icon in the printer configuration > window and click the 'Change...' button next to 'Make and Model:', and > try another driver. > Tim. --
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