10.04 Setup any printer

[paulc]

I have a fresh install of 10.04 64bit

I tried to setup my printer (Brother MFC-8820D) but i'm lost on the first steps.

'System Settings' > 'Printer Configuration'

I have two options in the left side: New printer and Server Settings.

Server Settings is all greyed out
New Printer give two options, New Network Printer and New printer Class.

I try 'New network Printer'
It asks for 'Enter Device URI'

I tried lpd://[ip address of printer]/binary_p1

but the wizard waits about 1 min then times out with no further result.

I'm guessing that CUPs isn't installed? If that's true, how do I go about doing that?

[dibl]

Re: 10.04 Setup any printer

Please review #13 on the FAQs in my signature.

[PJJ]

Re: 10.04 Setup any printer

I emphatically agree with Dibl's remark on the KDE printer manager utility. Wasted countless time, effort and frustration on that.

Using 'localhost' is the way to go. Ever since I read Dibl's FAQ and started using it, there are no more problems with printer installation.
I have a Canon Multiprint installed that I could not get to work with the KDE utility. It installed right away with 'localhost'. Several drivers are available, even Gutenprint drivers.

Give it a try, it is well worth it.

Turboprint used to be the other foolproof solution. But they upgraded their drivers and now are charging even for customers that had bought a previous version. Not a good decision in my opinion. I quit using their product over that move.

But who needs their drivers when you can get 'localhost' to set the printer up for you.

[paulc]

Re: 10.04 Setup any printer

Thanks for the reply, but when pointing a browser to localhost:631 there is no CUPs interface. If i do a netstat I don't see anything running on that port.

Should CUPS be running here by default on 10.04? Do I need to enable/install something? I was assuming CUPs would already be running....

[dibl]

Re: 10.04 Setup any printer

Thanks for the reply, but when pointing a browser to localhost:631 there is no CUPs interface. If i do a netstat I don't see anything running on that port.

Should CUPS be running here by default on 10.04?

Hmmmmm. Yes, AFAIK CUPS is installed by default, and the daemon runs. I don't remember ever touching anything to enable it on 10.04. However:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install cups cups-bsd cups-client cups-common cups-driver-gutenprint

should put you in business.