[ ABANDONED ] Helping others as they helped me. my uncle is on linux lite,he has a old printer

[justme2]

sudo su from the terminal then run.

TC

Thank you, will give that a try.

[kissbaby3]

Yes, I just used the scanner program that is in the normal program list.

You are very fortunate to be able to scan from the scanner program included with Linux Lite. In fact, you are the only person I have ever heard of who has been able to scan with the included scanner program with no problems.

i have a canon printer "all in one" , and the scanner program that came with linux lite 3.8. it works as well and the one for printing also works , my canon is a MG 3200 series.
my pc again is a 64bit desktop.
https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/products/details/printers/inkjet-multifunction/mg-series-inkjet/mg3220

[kissbaby3]

Kissbaby 3 -  If you uncle is going to buy a new all in one.  The "Force" is with HP.  Don't forget to check with the  open source printer list for HP  for compatibility BEFORE buying though

i will tell My Uncle , whether he listens , time will tell, i am surprised he even let me turn his old XP to linux, he still wants windows, lol, i told him windows 10 sucks , and it does.

i only used my upstairs windows 10 PC twice since December 2017, lol, for my hubby wants to keep a windows pc around. so i do so for him, but he is using my linux pc mainly ....
thanks for the HP printer suggestion.

[newtusmaximus]

https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing

[deldeiniw]

I just setup my Father on a cheap all in one. All I had to do was plug it in and change over from another printer and make this one default and delete the other one after we tested it out.


https://www.walmart.com/ip/Canon-PIXMA-MG2522-All-in-One-Inkjet-Printer/108208974 Walmartone

Okay thanks for the post it helped