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Thread ID: 137686	2014-08-07 10:47:00	Quick Linux question, or not.	ianhnz (4263)	Press F1

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1381138	2014-08-09 01:51:00	And install the drivers for the printer first (dont connect the printer) until the install tells you too Not sure if that applies in Linux. For the record, I've used my iP2000 and MP250 both in Linux with the included drivers and both worked just fine. Although the driver functionality was rather lacking.	Agent_24 (57)
1381139	2014-08-09 02:25:00	Not sure if that applies in Linux. For the record, I've used my iP2000 and MP250 both in Linux with the included drivers and both worked just fine. Although the driver functionality was rather lacking. I'm pretty sure it's the opposite, I've always had to connect the printer and turn it before installing CUPS and LPL drivers.	Nick G (16709)
1381140	2014-08-09 03:10:00	I'm pretty sure it's the opposite, I've always had to connect the printer and turn it before installing CUPS and LPL drivers. Exactly.	Agent_24 (57)
1381141	2014-08-09 05:03:00	Yeah, getting some hardware working in Linux can be a pain ... no doubt about it. It's simply because the hardware manufacturers aren't falling over themselves to make their stuff work as they do with Windows; can't do much about that really. I had quite a battle to get my old Lexmark Z531 printer working in Kubuntu. I had to do some research, found out that another Lexmark driver worked with that printer then setting it up was a real fiddle and didn't go exactly to plan. But in the end I succeeded. You just have to be prepared to put in a little more effort and time into getting some things working in Linux. If you don't want to bother that's fine ... up to you really. Things are improving though. Getting my current printer (Brother DCP-J140W MFC) was a doddle in comparison to the Lexmark because Brother supplied a Linux driver for that printer/scanner and it was relatively easier to get working.	Rod J (451)
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