Printing: porteus print pack candidate, testers needed
Posted: 09 Apr 2013, 19:00
In the elaboration of a easy to use print pack for porteus sytem-config-printer is to be tested. All you have to do is to test the print pack candidate.
HOWTO: Porteus print pack candidate usb (porteus v. 2.0 64 bit edition).
1.0 Download system-config-printer from PPM (Porteus package manager) and activate the modules (if you did not do so with PPM).
2.0 Plug the usb calble of your printer. If it is already plugged, unplug and replug it so that system-config-printer-udev detects it.
3.1 The printer driver should intall automatically. In this case confirm proper funtioning by accepting test page printing.
3.2 If not, accept search and follow the proposed selection, until the printer is installed, and accept test page printing.
3.3 To get the test page printing, you may have to use the following menu selection:
panel > system > printer
and then right click on the printer, select properties, Print Test Page.
Note: You can look at the printer status or modify the printer function thru system-config-printer:
panel > system > printer
COMMENTS:
Please comment on the print pack by mentioning your printer manufacturer and model, the gui selection of printer driver, the result of test page printing and if you may ,some follow-up on printing task that you performed then after.
EXAMPLES:
Some examples of comments are provided in the following posts
ADDITIONAL DATABASES
4.0 If the print pack does not offer an appropriate printer driver.
4.1 If you have a HP printer: download with PPM hplip package without dependencies which will be used as a printer driver database, activate hplip module and go thru steps 2 and 3.
4.2 If you have another manufacturer model: download the foomatic system and its database ) and go thru steps 2 and 3:
http://www.mediafire.com/?5alu6748hfjfq
- foomatic-db-20130414-x86_64.xzm,
- foomatic-db-engine-4.0.8-x86_64-1fl.xzm,
- foomatic-db-nonfree-20130414-x86_64.xzm,
- but not foomatic-filters-4.0.12-x86_64-1.xzm that came with the system-config-printer system
PRINTER TROUBLESHOOTING AND ADDITIONAL SOLUTIONS:
When system-config-printer does not work even with the hp or foomatic databases.
5.0 Additional solutions to install the printer drivers are to look at the openprinting website which propose solutions accordind to printer manufacturer and model:
http://www.openprinting.org/printers/
Or by trying to install a third party ppd (linux or windows ppd's), see:
http://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php? ... 252#p14252
Please report on the fact that you had to resort to these database.
HOWTO: Porteus print pack candidate usb (porteus v. 2.0 64 bit edition).
1.0 Download system-config-printer from PPM (Porteus package manager) and activate the modules (if you did not do so with PPM).
2.0 Plug the usb calble of your printer. If it is already plugged, unplug and replug it so that system-config-printer-udev detects it.
3.1 The printer driver should intall automatically. In this case confirm proper funtioning by accepting test page printing.
3.2 If not, accept search and follow the proposed selection, until the printer is installed, and accept test page printing.
3.3 To get the test page printing, you may have to use the following menu selection:
panel > system > printer
and then right click on the printer, select properties, Print Test Page.
Note: You can look at the printer status or modify the printer function thru system-config-printer:
panel > system > printer
COMMENTS:
Please comment on the print pack by mentioning your printer manufacturer and model, the gui selection of printer driver, the result of test page printing and if you may ,some follow-up on printing task that you performed then after.
EXAMPLES:
Some examples of comments are provided in the following posts
ADDITIONAL DATABASES
4.0 If the print pack does not offer an appropriate printer driver.
4.1 If you have a HP printer: download with PPM hplip package without dependencies which will be used as a printer driver database, activate hplip module and go thru steps 2 and 3.
4.2 If you have another manufacturer model: download the foomatic system and its database ) and go thru steps 2 and 3:
http://www.mediafire.com/?5alu6748hfjfq
- foomatic-db-20130414-x86_64.xzm,
- foomatic-db-engine-4.0.8-x86_64-1fl.xzm,
- foomatic-db-nonfree-20130414-x86_64.xzm,
- but not foomatic-filters-4.0.12-x86_64-1.xzm that came with the system-config-printer system
PRINTER TROUBLESHOOTING AND ADDITIONAL SOLUTIONS:
When system-config-printer does not work even with the hp or foomatic databases.
5.0 Additional solutions to install the printer drivers are to look at the openprinting website which propose solutions accordind to printer manufacturer and model:
http://www.openprinting.org/printers/
Or by trying to install a third party ppd (linux or windows ppd's), see:
http://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php? ... 252#p14252
Please report on the fact that you had to resort to these database.