Comments on: system-config-printer

By: tim

tim — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:16:03 +0000

I think you might be out of luck I'm afraid -- according to the list of Lexmark printers at OpenPrinting.org that model is not known to be supported, and all the similar model numbers are listed in the section for printers that have no support at all.

By: Sarah Ward

Sarah Ward — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:46:46 +0000

I have a Linux OS and a Lexmark x6675 and unable to print although it shows the local host is connected.
What do I need to do to fix this issue. Please email me.

Thank You ,
Sarah Ward

By: tim

tim — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:19:58 +0000

In fact, simply connecting the printer to the computer is usually all that is needed when using Fedora, and the same is true for many other Linux distributions.

If you have a network printer, just start the printing configuration tool and follow the instructions.

Sorry I can’t be more specific — you haven’t said which operating system you are using in particular (Fedora, Ubuntu, etc), and they are a bit different.

By: Vaasu

Vaasu — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:58:07 +0000

Hi J,

This is vaasu here.. i dont have any idea about Printer… Eg : The configuration or anything.. But i know dat before printer should be installed driver should be installed first. Could you help me out with mentioning the steps involved in the configuration?

Thank you,
J.

By: tim

tim — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:15:58 +0000

Jarmo: if you are using Ubuntu, you need to file a bug report with them. Then they will be able to diagnose what the issue is.

By: Jarmo

Jarmo — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 14:21:07 +0000

Printer setup is too difficult with CUPS eg.it doesnt recognise usb port connected printer Brother MFC 8840D.

Before ;I mean Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and so on ,printer was available at once.

By: tim

tim — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:07:32 +0000

krchat: try using a different method, such as the CUPS web interface, or the ‘lpinfo -v’ command. Then you’ll find out whether it’s a system-config-printer problem, or some other issue.

By: krchat

krchat — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:11:16 +0000

I use Lubuntu 11.10 with Samsung SCX 4100 MFP and system config printer doesn’t find it on my notebook. But it finds this MFP on desktop PC with the same OS. How can I decide this problem?

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 22:51:23 +0000

Not sure what you mean by translatable, but my only point is that information like % complete is important to be able to see in something like the dialog shown by applet.py. For a situation where it takes awhile to spool/send the job, it is more helpful (for diagnosing if there’s a problem) to be able to see that the % complete is actually changing, than to only ever see a static message.

By: tim

tim — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 10:46:46 +0000

It would be “Processing” I think, which is the job state. The printer-state-message, e.g. “Spooling LPR job”, is available via system-config-printer’s Printer Properties view (select “Ink/Toner Levels”).

I don’t really think that message is particularly user-friendly for displaying more prominently, mainly because it is not translatable.