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Windows shared network printer keeps using rear tray as source
I am trying to set up network printing on my Linux Mint 15 (64 bit) system (dualboot with Windows 7). The printer is a Canon PIXMA MG5100 and is connected (via USB) to a computer running Windows XP. ...
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lp command can’t open samba url
I have a Linux host with Samba installed and a Windows server with some Files.
Samba is set up correctly and works just fine.
I can show PDFs from the Windows server with
evince ...
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How can I convert raw printer commands back to a postscript or pdf file?
I have a string of raw printer commands that are for my postscript printer saved to a file.
I believe there is a lpr option like -o raw which will read these raw command and send them to the printer.
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Can (CUPS) ppd files for Mac OS X be used for linux?
I am looking at buying a printer (actually an all-in-one I prefer for the features it provides, but I want to focus on the printer part here) which does not provide linux drivers, but does provide Mac ...
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Ricoh Aficio SP 100su E
After installing a Ricoh Aficio SP 100su E printer (it does scanning as well),
I've tried a tenth of the GDI and PCL (5e/6) generic and Ricoh drivers without any success.
I've learned from Ricoh that ...
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How do restore printer settings from a backup
I recently re-installed my system from Mint 12 to Mint 14. Pretty much everything is set as before but I had apparently forgotten about the printers.
In order to avoid resetting all the small ...
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Printing failure at a network printer in linux
I added a network printer to my network by the RedHat Enterprise workstation 6 linux GUI. It seemed that the printer setting did find the network printer. However, whenever I tried to print, the job ...
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Configuring networked printer to archive print jobs
Our existing infrastructure has a shared printer running on a windows machine.
It may be upgraded to a real network tcp/ip based printer in the near future.
How can I make it automatically keep a ...
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How do I change the font size when using lp on Linux?
I used to send files in Unix to a printer with lp, and used -ofp16.16 or -ofp12 to change the size of the fonts. This does not work on Linux; what should I use instead?
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Any way for Unix to ignore lpoptions and let Java do it's job?
I'm using the javax.print API to print a Jasper Report on Debian Linux. For some reason the saved lpoptions (CUPS settings) always override settings chosen on the Java Print dialog. At this point the ...
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Controlling users' default printer as an administrator
What are the necessary steps to change the default printer for individual users on a reasonably recent Linux system using CUPS? (i.e. not the system-wide default)
The CUPS lpr manpage indicates that ...
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Don't require root to add printers
When a user wants to add a new printer it's asking for a root password. I have an LTSP environment and the system is asking for a root password all the time; it's not asking even for a sudo'ed user's ...
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Is there an alternative to CUPS?
When printing with Linux is there an alternative to using CUPS?
After using it for a couple of weeks printing suddenly stopped working. The 'processing' light would come on and that would be the end. ...
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How to print from iPad to CUPS?
I would like to print from an iPad2 to the office printer running on CUPS. After following a couple of cookbook style cheat sheets, printing from the iPad still does not work. the iPad sees the ...
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Do any “All In One” Printer/Scanners work on Linux?
Mod note: The entire network is pretty against shopping recommendation questions; there was an attempt to edit this one to avoid it, but it seems to have failed. The goal is "how do I decide which ...
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Connect Windows printer to Linux machine via samba
How can I connect my Windows printer to a Linux (RHEL5) box via samba? I'm looking for a clear configuration file
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What does “Empty print file” mean and how can I diagnose it?
When trying to print I get this error. What does it mean? How can I diagnose it?
