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Linux Printing Solutions

1760 points posted to Linux, Printers and Ink, Service and Support by jfelisky 02/21/07

I have a Dell 3100cn laser printer, which was a nice purchase until I dropped Windows XP and moved to OpenSuSE on my home computer.

I've tried a lot of different message boards looking for a way to keep that printer, but I'm so frustrated with Dell's lack of Linux support that I have to consider HP, since the LaserJet family is more broadly supported.

cyber_rigger
02/28/07		 Companies selling preinstalled Linux (unlike

http://lxer.com/module/forums/t/23168/
http://lxer.com/module/db/index.php?dbn=14
havarn
May 12		 Merged Idea originally posted 03/29/07
Full Linux Printer support

All Dell printers should have free GPL'ed drivers for GNU/Linux.

By all I mean, photoprinters, multifunction, monochrome and color lasers and regular desktop ink-jets.

This would make Dell my definite brand of choice for printers.
simonkossen
May 12		 Merged Idea originally posted 02/22/07
Linux drivers for Dell All in one Printers

My Inspiron-9400 has a dual-boot system.

Primary boot with Linux-Mandriva-2007, secundary boot with Win-XP-Home.

Mandriva works better for me than Win-XP, only I have a Dell-All-in-One-printer (Photo 944) that doesnot work with Mandriva because there are no linux drivers for it.

When Dell develops linux drivers for the most important types of Linux (i.e. Ubuntu, Red-Hat, Suse, Mandriva and some more) everything should go better for Dell as well as for their customers who want to work with Linux.
cyber_rigger
May 12		 Merged Comment originally posted 02/28/07
Companies selling preinstalled Linux (unlike

http://lxer.com/module/forums/t/23168/
http://lxer.com/module/db/index.php?dbn=14
pierantonio
May 12		 Merged Comment originally posted 04/22/07
My Inspiron-9300 has a dual-boot system.
Primary boot with Linux-Ubuntu 7.04, secundary boot with Win-XP-Home.
Ubuntu works better for me than Win-XP, only I have a Dell-All-in-One-printer (Photo 922) that doesnot work with Ubuntu because there are no linux drivers for it. (Sorry, I have copied yours post, I know English little since are Italian).
msandersen
May 12		 Merged Comment originally posted 05/09/07
I dual-boot with XP and Ubuntu, but also have an AIO 922. Although an old printer now, I would like Linux drivers/ software for it comparable to the Windows versions. AIO printers use proprietary protocols, so cannot be supported by the opensource community by its own. Even something as simple as providing the documentation for developers would be a big step forward.
mexlinux
May 12		 Merged Idea originally posted Mar 12
Provide Linux Drivers for your Printers

I have just bought 3 laptops (two XPS M1330, and one Inspiron 1525) and an all in one printer MFP 1125
I installed Ubuntu (since I'm in Mexico I was forced to buy Vista installed).
And it's imposible to print on the MFP 1125.
It comes without Linux Drivers, and I can not find a driver on the net....

These case proves that linux users buy hardware (I have just spend 4,200 USD), and we deserve printer divers!
kenjennings
May 12		 Merged Comment originally posted Mar 12
Check http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting for printer support.
Do you know if the 1125 is functionally similar to the 1100 or 1110? Those printers are shown as supported.

( I buy a lot of hardware from Dell, but the one thing I don't buy are the printers. Support from Dell for anything other than Windows is usually abysmal. Usually, the only hope is finding someone else who worked out a solution themselves. )
matt_d
May 12		 Merged Comment originally posted Mar 12
We recommend using a Dell printer which includes a PostScript engine, if you're running Linux. We're well aware that we don't have printer drivers for Linux for our inkjet product line, and are working to add that support over time.
mexlinux
May 12		 Merged Comment originally posted Mar 17
matt_d: Then it will be very usefull to tell on the printer description that it includes or not a postscript engine, I don't remember I have seen it, is it there?
matt_d
May 12		 Merged Comment originally posted Mar 18
mexlinux, yes, it's on the "Tech Specs" tab of each printer.
rickrich
May 12		 Merged Comment originally posted Mar 26
Monotype Imaging (a.k.a Granite Imaging Printer Driver, Lexmark) on a Dell 1125:

$ gipddecode -h ~/dell1125.prn
0: OFST 0 len=128
80: OFST 1 len=128
100: OFST 2 len=128
180: OFST 3 len=128
200: OFST 4 len=128
[SNIP]
27d80: OFST 1275 len=128
27e00: GDIJ len=108
unk0=0, unk1=0, unk2=0, unk3=0, unk4=0
unk5=16777221(0x1000005), unk6=0, unk7=0, unk8=0, paper=3
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
27e78: GDIP len=52
nplane = 1, w254 = 2159, h254 = 2538
86f0aea, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1000000, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
27eb8: GDIB 0 len=36 (0x24)
27ef4: GDIB 1 len=225 (0xe1)
27fed: GDIB 2 len=124 (0x7c)
28081: GDIB 3 len=899 (0x383)
2841c: GDIB 4 len=1735 (0x6c7)
28afb: GDIB 5 len=60 (0x3c)
28b4f: GDIB 6 len=14514 (0x38b2)
2c419: GDIB 7 len=16924 (0x421c)
3064d: GDIB 8 len=7218 (0x1c32)
32297: GDIB 9 len=1488 (0x5d0)
3287f: GDIB 10 len=1887 (0x75f)
32ff6: GDIB 11 len=620 (0x26c)
3327a: GDIB 12 len=2594 (0xa22)
33cb4: GDIB 13 len=6397 (0x18fd)
355c9: GDIB 14 len=5406 (0x151e)
36aff: GDIB 15 len=60 (0x3c)
36b53: GDIB 16 len=1407 (0x57f)
370ea: GDIB 17 len=1692 (0x69c)
3779e: GDIB 18 len=692 (0x2b4)
37a6a: GDIB 19 len=1625 (0x659)
380db: GDIB 20 len=2219 (0x8ab)
3899e: GDIB 21 len=928 (0x3a0)
38d56: GDIB 22 len=119 (0x77)
38de5: GDIB 23 len=227 (0xe3)
38ee0: GDIB 24 len=36 (0x24)
38f1c: GDIB 25 len=36 (0x24)
38f58: JIDG
mexlinux
May 12		 Merged Comment originally posted Mar 31
What does this mean?
owen
May 14		 It means look at this: :-)
http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Dell-3100cn
"works: Mostly"
mexlinux
May 19		 @Owen, it Mostly works for Dell 3100cn, but the output shown is for a Dell MFP-1125 (several ideas were merged), and it does not work there.
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