Hi Roger, > I too have Fedora 18 64 bit. Have always had trouble with Xerox laser printer > in Fedora Linux, all versions, for years. It has never been auto detected. > > You may need the ppd file, I can send my fxlinuxprint.ppd if you wish or > google for it. Copy it to /usr/share/cups/model/ > My Xerox only seems to work if I jump thru the below hoops. > > First in Printers > Print Settings > Add, I have to enter my password 2 times > (one of the Fedora 18 vagaries) which brings me to Select Device: > In this dialog select LPT#1 > Forward> it will search for drivers. > In the next dialog "Choose Driver" select > Provide a ppd file and navigate > to > File system /usr/share/cups/models and choose one of these: > fxlinuxprint.ppd > pxlcolor.ppd > pxlmono.ppd > I find that only the last 2 work, so I have created both a color and a mono > laser printer. > From here in follow the prompts and complete the printer set up. > BUT > Now the hard part. > This is set up as LPT and needs to be changed to USB. To do this I need to go > back to > Print Settings double click on the printer I just created and in > > Printer Properties change the > Device URI to what ever suits your system, > on mine it is: usb://FUJI%20XEROX/DocuPrint%20C2100 > -- Finding the correct URI is the difficult part. I think I got this some > time ago from my Ubuntu setup where printer was auto detected. > Click Ok and the printer should be available and should now print. > > I'm sure others have no trouble and It's just my Xerox but hey this is my way > of resolving Xerox hassles. > > Hope this helps > Roger I'll give this a try and let you (and the list) know the outcome. I may need more help with that "URI" step. thanks, Bill. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
