Re: [lubuntu-users] lubuntu and printers

2016-02-29 Thread Richard H. McCullough
tu-users@lists.ubuntu.com From: lubu...@prpcompany.com Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 12:58:56 -0500 Subject: Re: [lubuntu-users] lubuntu and printers On 2/29/2016 12:54 PM, Ian Bruntlett wrote: Hi Richard, On 29 February 2016

Re: [lubuntu-users] lubuntu and printers

2016-02-29 Thread John Hupp
On 2/29/2016 12:54 PM, Ian Bruntlett wrote: Hi Richard, On 29 February 2016 at 17:03, Richard H. McCullough > wrote: I originally built HPLIP from source. When I executed the System Tools/Software Updater menu in Lubuntu 14, one of the updates was HPLIP,

Re: [lubuntu-users] lubuntu and printers

2016-02-29 Thread Ian Bruntlett
Hi Richard, On 29 February 2016 at 17:03, Richard H. McCullough wrote: > I originally built HPLIP from source. > When I executed the System Tools/Software Updater menu in Lubuntu 14, > one of the updates was HPLIP, and the update crashed. > It looked to me like it was recompiling the source. >

Re: [lubuntu-users] lubuntu and printers

2016-02-29 Thread Aere Greenway
On 02/29/2016 10:03 AM, Richard H. McCullough wrote: I originally built HPLIP from source. When I executed the System Tools/Software Updater menu in Lubuntu 14, one of the updates was HPLIP, and the update crashed. It looked to me like it was recompiling the source. Does this mean that I should

Re: [lubuntu-users] lubuntu and printers

2016-02-29 Thread Richard H. McCullough
repository to get object version? Dick McCullough > To: r...@pioneerca.com; ian.bruntl...@gmail.com; > lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > From: a...@dvorak-keyboards.com > Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 09:33:30 -0700 > Subject: Re: [lubuntu-users] lubuntu and printers > > O

Re: [lubuntu-users] lubuntu and printers

2016-02-29 Thread Aere Greenway
On 02/29/2016 07:25 AM, Richard H. McCullough wrote: HPLIP worked for me: HP Photosmart 7520. But I had trouble building it on Dell 8200 with only 512 MB RAM. I had to close all other processes. The last automatic software update from Ubuntu crashed during build. Do you build your HPLIP from sou

Re: [lubuntu-users] lubuntu and printers

2016-02-29 Thread Richard H. McCullough
...@gmail.com To: lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: [lubuntu-users] lubuntu and printers Hi There, Recently I've only used HP printers. It is very easy to use them as long as you have the package hplip and all its dependencies installed. I've been spoilt by hplip so I'm clueless about i

Re: [lubuntu-users] lubuntu and printers

2016-02-29 Thread Andre Campos Rodovalho
Where I work I use lots of different printing machines with Linux. 97% of the PCs here runs Lubuntu Linux (Ubuntu Server + Lubuntu-Desktop). I have expirience with HP, Brother, Epson, Samsung, Oki and Intermec (by Honeywell). I can say printing with Linux is not a big deal. All decent brands offer

Re: [lubuntu-users] lubuntu and printers

2016-02-28 Thread Aere Greenway
On 02/28/2016 01:11 PM, Ian Bruntlett wrote: In lubuntu, under swift menu -> System tools there is a "Printers" option for managing printers. Has anyone used this? What kind of results did you get? That's the tool you use to configure printers, and it has worked for me. However, like you, beca

[lubuntu-users] lubuntu and printers

2016-02-28 Thread Ian Bruntlett
Hi There, Recently I've only used HP printers. It is very easy to use them as long as you have the package hplip and all its dependencies installed. I've been spoilt by hplip so I'm clueless about installing other printers. In lubuntu, under swift menu -> System tools there is a "Printers" option