You are Here:
Linux Lite 6.6 FINAL Released - Support for 22 Languages Added - See Release Announcement Section



Printer not quite installing

Author (Read 7354 times)

0 Members and 2 Guests are viewing this topic.

Re: Printer not quite installing
« Reply #12 on: May 23, 2019, 03:28:54 PM »
 

bitsnpcs

  • Platinum Level Poster
  • **********
  • 3237
    Posts
  • Reputation: 305
    • View Profile
    • Try to Grow

  • Kernel: 4.x
Has instruction on how to mark a post as solved in this link -
https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/introductions/forum-posting-guidelines/msg78/#msg78
 

Re: Printer not quite installing
« Reply #11 on: May 23, 2019, 03:25:30 PM »
 

zaivala

  • New to Forums
  • *
  • 17
    Posts
  • Reputation: 0
  • Linux Lite Member
    • View Profile

  • CPU: i5 u3320M

  • MEMORY: 8Gb

  • VIDEO CARD: intel
It is likely that attempting a reinstallation may have worked. In the meantime, I have replaced that printer (been having problems getting the heads cleaned, old printer) with a new Brother MFC-J491DW. I want to report that it installed flawlessly using a newer version of the same installer (they named the file identically to the old installer, but the old installer did not have this model included).  Now if someone would show me how to mark things Solved.
 

Re: Printer not quite installing
« Reply #10 on: April 27, 2019, 07:09:55 AM »
 

zaivala

  • New to Forums
  • *
  • 17
    Posts
  • Reputation: 0
  • Linux Lite Member
    • View Profile

  • CPU: i5 u3320M

  • MEMORY: 8Gb

  • VIDEO CARD: intel
So I have nasties in my head telling me to not let anyone coopt my computer. But I am told in my welcome message to treat all users with respect and tolerance. Why would you suggest to me (in such a backhand way) that I might not want to use Linux Lite? I'm rather enjoying it, actually, just reporting the issues I've had, which are very few.
 

Re: Printer not quite installing
« Reply #9 on: April 26, 2019, 11:55:39 AM »
 

Jerry

  • Linux Lite Creator
  • Administrator
  • Platinum Level Poster
  • *****
  • 8775
    Posts
  • Reputation: 801
  • Linux Lite Member
    • View Profile
    • Linux Lite OS

  • CPU: Intel Core i9-10850K CPU @ 3.60GHz

  • MEMORY: 32Gb

  • VIDEO CARD: nVidia GeForce GTX 1650

  • Kernel: 5.x
If you don't trust me personally, why trust the OS? I could have planted all sorts of nasties in it.
 

Re: Printer not quite installing
« Reply #8 on: April 26, 2019, 09:30:08 AM »
 

zaivala

  • New to Forums
  • *
  • 17
    Posts
  • Reputation: 0
  • Linux Lite Member
    • View Profile

  • CPU: i5 u3320M

  • MEMORY: 8Gb

  • VIDEO CARD: intel
OK. Sorry, but I'm reluctant to let someone into my system remotely. Thanks for the offer.
 

Re: Printer not quite installing
« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2019, 12:47:13 PM »
 

Jerry

  • Linux Lite Creator
  • Administrator
  • Platinum Level Poster
  • *****
  • 8775
    Posts
  • Reputation: 801
  • Linux Lite Member
    • View Profile
    • Linux Lite OS

  • CPU: Intel Core i9-10850K CPU @ 3.60GHz

  • MEMORY: 32Gb

  • VIDEO CARD: nVidia GeForce GTX 1650

  • Kernel: 5.x
No there isn't. I did offer to help you via
Teamviewer.

Sent from my Mobile phone using Tapatalk

 

Re: Printer not quite installing
« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2019, 10:46:23 AM »
 

zaivala

  • New to Forums
  • *
  • 17
    Posts
  • Reputation: 0
  • Linux Lite Member
    • View Profile

  • CPU: i5 u3320M

  • MEMORY: 8Gb

  • VIDEO CARD: intel
I solved the problem in Bodhi.

sudo apt install bodhi-printing

Apparently this wasn't installed as part of the standard installation. Is there a similar function in Linux Lite? Such as "sudo apt install linuxlite-printing"?
 

Re: Printer not quite installing
« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2019, 04:27:00 PM »
 

Jerry

  • Linux Lite Creator
  • Administrator
  • Platinum Level Poster
  • *****
  • 8775
    Posts
  • Reputation: 801
  • Linux Lite Member
    • View Profile
    • Linux Lite OS

  • CPU: Intel Core i9-10850K CPU @ 3.60GHz

  • MEMORY: 32Gb

  • VIDEO CARD: nVidia GeForce GTX 1650

  • Kernel: 5.x
Moved to Printing and Scanning section.
 

Re: Printer not quite installing
« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2019, 09:35:38 AM »
 

Jerry

  • Linux Lite Creator
  • Administrator
  • Platinum Level Poster
  • *****
  • 8775
    Posts
  • Reputation: 801
  • Linux Lite Member
    • View Profile
    • Linux Lite OS

  • CPU: Intel Core i9-10850K CPU @ 3.60GHz

  • MEMORY: 32Gb

  • VIDEO CARD: nVidia GeForce GTX 1650

  • Kernel: 5.x
If you've followed the instructions to the letter, then I'm not sure what more I can offer. I'm happy to try the install for you via Teamviewer.

Sent from my Mobile phone using Tapatalk

 

Re: Printer not quite installing
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2019, 09:26:25 AM »
 

zaivala

  • New to Forums
  • *
  • 17
    Posts
  • Reputation: 0
  • Linux Lite Member
    • View Profile

  • CPU: i5 u3320M

  • MEMORY: 8Gb

  • VIDEO CARD: intel
https://askubuntu.com/questions/542388/brother-mfc-j470dw-printer-driver-installation

As I said, I've been working with this printer in several installations, many of them Ubuntu-based, and the method shown is exactly what I used. I'm undereducated in some ways, but installing distros is my thing (I have my hard drive partitioned roughly into quadrants, with a different distro on each one, and my data on an external so I can access all my data regardless of distro and without mounting extra volumes).
 

Re: Printer not quite installing
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2019, 03:40:18 AM »
 

Jerry

  • Linux Lite Creator
  • Administrator
  • Platinum Level Poster
  • *****
  • 8775
    Posts
  • Reputation: 801
  • Linux Lite Member
    • View Profile
    • Linux Lite OS

  • CPU: Intel Core i9-10850K CPU @ 3.60GHz

  • MEMORY: 32Gb

  • VIDEO CARD: nVidia GeForce GTX 1650

  • Kernel: 5.x
 

Printer not quite installing
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2019, 05:55:13 PM »
 

zaivala

  • New to Forums
  • *
  • 17
    Posts
  • Reputation: 0
  • Linux Lite Member
    • View Profile

  • CPU: i5 u3320M

  • MEMORY: 8Gb

  • VIDEO CARD: intel
I have a Brother MFC-J470DW printer. In most Debian-based distros, it installs fine. In LinuxLite 4.4, it appears to install but does not generate a test print and does not print after that. I think the scanner works.  I also have this issue in Bodhi 5.0.0, so it's not really a new issue and I'm pretty sure if I find the solution to one, the same solution will work for the other.

It could be worse. I can't install this printer at all in Solus. But it works for most .rpm and .deb package managers.
« Last Edit: May 23, 2019, 03:27:28 PM by zaivala »
 

 

-->
X Close Ad

Linux Lite 6.6 FINAL Released - Support for 22 Languages Added - See Release Announcement Section