RE: [LUG] USB Printers....

["Neil Stone" <Neil_Stone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well I did try exactly that with the printer, but guess what... it did
nothing !!! I may just re-install using the newly acquired debian, thanks go
to Paul Sutton for that (cheers mate) I'll let you all know what I think
when I have finished !!

Neil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
> Of James Wenger
> Sent: 05 October 2001 09:34
> To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [LUG] USB Printers....
>
>
> Neil,
>
> Not tried scanning but I have had an Epson 2500 hanging off the usb
> ports on a RH7.1 box for a while. Printing was just a case of plugging
> it in. The correct printer module bindings etc were auto loaded. I then
> just needed to do the ususal (in RH) printtool stuff and tell it the
> printer was on /dev/usb/lp0
>
> Sorry cant help about scanning, never tried it.
>
> -James
>
> Neil Stone wrote:
>
> > I have an HP OfficeJet G85, there are drivers for linux, well for X... I
> > have it connected via USB and working in Windows 98se, my questions are
> > these...
> >
> > How the hell do I get usb printing/scanning working in linux ?? I could
> > also connect the MFD via parallel would this make it easier ?
> >
> > I am using redhat 7.1 at the mo... I may try other distros if that will
> > help !!
> >
> > Neil Stone
> >
> >
>
>
>
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