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Is There a Way to Print Preferably to a Connected Printer?
I use my laptop in two offices, each one with its printer connected via USB. Unfortunately I keep sending documents to print to the wrong printer.
I would like my documents to be send automatically ...
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samsung scx-4828 scanner works only with sudo
I use ubuntu 12.04
I have samsung scx-4828fn scaning and printing device. Printing works fine. Scanning works only with sudo. Also sane-find-scanner works only with sudo. Please see output:
found ...
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Brother HL-2270DW stopped printing
Not sure why my printer suddenly stopped printing. I have a Brother HL-2270DW connected via USB.
The /var/log/syslog show the the following when I unplug and replug the USB cord in. The only thing ...
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How can I connect to a USB printer shared by an Apple AirPort?
I've just moved from Mac OS X to Ubuntu, now I'm running Ubuntu natively on a dedicated partition on a Mac, and I've an Apple AirPort wifi router, sharing a USB printer with my family.
The problem is ...
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Check latest USB port used by printer
I have a working computer that uses a USB printer, and it was attached to one specific USB port. I moved the computer and reattached the USB dongle to a different usb port and now the web platform we ...
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How can I get an USB to LPT adapter to work? (12.04)
I have an old printer HP laserjet 4 plus, that has an LPT port but no USB. I cannot get it working. I got 4world adapter from USB to LPT, but it seems it is not recognized.
I did check dmesg | tail ...
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Ubuntu 12.x USB printer “Stopped - Waiting for printer to become available.”
My wife was consistently having issues printing to her Epson Sylus Photo R200 USB printer on Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS.
Noted the error in the printer properties Printing State:
Stopped - Waiting for ...
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12.10 CUPS 1.6.1 only prints ONE job
I have a samsung SCX-4200 this printer will only print one job before requiring power cycling the printer. It is connected via USB does anyone know how to fix this?
After every print job cups will ...
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Brother MFC 240C will not print but shows job as completed
I'm using a USB connected Brother MFC-240C printer with Ubuntu 12.10. I installed the printer with the printer drivers found online with the Printers tool. However, when I perform a print operation, ...
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How can I map a parallel device to a USB device?
I am running a Dos 6.22 VirtualBox guest on Ubuntu 12.04.1.
I am trying to print to a printer attached via a parallel to USB converter. The printer appear as /dev/usb/lp0. The Dos application I am ...
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How to print to a printer attached via a USB to parallel port?
I have a Epson TM-T88IIIP attached to a Prolific PL2305 USB to parallel port. How do I print to this printer?
Here is the output from lsusb:
Bus 001 Device 009: ID 067b:2305 Prolific Technology, ...
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Printing to a printer connected to a wireless router
I have a Netgear WNDR4500 wireless router which allows me to print wirelessly to a printer connected to it via a USB cable. However, the software used to print to it only works for Windows and OS X.
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Canon LBP5050 recognized but doesn't print
I tried many different ways to get my printer to work:
I tried using a generic Model for the printer, since it is not supported by ubuntu yet.
I tried using a model that is close to the one I have.
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Samsung scx-4521f printer and handset memory is not detected
I have PC dual boot Ubuntu 12.10 and XP SP3.
Samsung scx-4521f used to be working fine with Ubuntu 12.04 but upgrade to Ubuntu 12.10 stops detecting the Printer as well as Mobile Handset Memory.
I ...
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HP Deskjet 720C USB printer doesn't finish [closed]
I have an HP Deskjet 720C connected through a USB cable to an Ubuntu 12.04 laptop. When I plugged the printer for the first time into the fresh 12.04 laptop install, it auto-detected the printer ...
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interrupted printing
I have a HP Deskjet 720C printer plugged into an Ubuntu 12.04.1 Laptop.
When I plugged the printer for the first time, the system found the right model automatically and everything seemed to be fine. ...
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print jobs are held until the VirtualBox guest OS is reboot
Here is the setup:
VirtualBox 4.1.20 (which the Help window describes as 4.1.12_Ubuntu)
Extension Pack 4.1.20 (for USB support)
Windows 7 Home Premium as a guest operating system on VirtualBox
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Printer sometimes doesn't print
I installed 12.04LTS and have a DeskJet 1125C connected through USB.
The problem: Sometimes it does not print - in print jobs is status Pending/Processing but print does not start. I discovered if I ...
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Can I extract a printer driver from a package?
I have a printer(Xerox Phaser 3140) that's working perfectly under precise with default drivers from ubuntu. However, when I try to connect it to a netbook running lubuntu precise, this same driver is ...
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How to install a Brother HL-6 printer?
I have been trying to get an old but good laserprinter to work with Ubuntu 12.04.
According to the documentation, the printer can emulate the HP Laserjet IIP printer, and works with PCL4.
The printer ...
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How can I prevent a LDP Printer from printing a blank page at the end of the job? [closed]
I have a new router (Speedport W 921V) which has USB ports on which I connected my printer (HP DeskJet 950C).
Printing works (URI: lpd://192.168.2.1/lpt1), but after each job, the printer sucks out ...
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How do I get a Canon MG, MP and MX series USB printer working?
Printer MP6150 driver installed itself upon plugging in the printer. Printer is recognized
(lsusb shows it) but does not mount. If the printer is recognized, the driver must be working (or?), but ...
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Send raw data to USB parallel port after upgrading to 11.10
I have a laser cutter connected via a generic USB to parallel adapter. The laser cutter speaks HPGL, as it happens, but since this is a laser cutter and not a plotter, I usually want to generate the ...
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What can I do when I receive a 'server-error-not-accepting-jobs' CUPS server error in 11.10?
I have a Richoh Aficio-CL3500N that I connected directly to the USB port and it seemed to add and configure itself and populated all fields in 'Printer Properties', but I received the error ...
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What is the correct way to change permissions of the printer in /dev/usb/lp0?
I use some commands to print text. However, when I connect my printer it becomes available under /dev/usb/lp0, which is owned by root and as a regular user I do not have access to this device.
What ...
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Set up two identical USB printers
I want to hook up 2 USB label printers to one machine, so that each one can have different size labels loaded in it. They are both Zebra 2844 printers. Either one installs and works just fine by ...
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Printing to a printer attached to a network USB hub
I have this device. It is connected to my router and allows the Windows PCs in my house to use printers, USB speakers, external HDs, etc... that are plugged into it as though they were plugged into ...
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Assign fixed path to printer (/dev/usb/lp0)
I have two USB printers. They are assigned a path depending on the order of turning them on. The first one is /deb/usb/lp0 and the second one /deb/usb/lp1. However, I sometimes echo to these printers ...
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How can I use an Epson Stylus C64 printer?
The Epson Stylus C64 is a USB printer. How can I install this so that I can print documents?
