Dell 1320C Printer under Ubuntu

[jamesc]

Just to say I've figured out how to get my DELL 1320C Printer working under Ubuntu, (gutsy, but hardy as well) plugged into the network. It doesn't seem to have a standard printer driver available.

I followed the instructions at:

http://www.xtr.org/jeff/notes/linux/...ux_install.txt

*except*

After downloading the tar with an /rpm inside I used 'alien' to convert it to a .deb, then had to add the user to the lpadmin group since I was getting a password prompt when installing. (Didn't happen with an attached USB printer...) Make sure to set the option for the paper feeder, but then set the default to be tray one before you print a test page.

Just recording this here for anyone else looking for hints and or so when I forget how I did it in several months I can look it up.


-James

[blizzrdof77]

Hey,

I have been trying to get my dell "1320c" printer working on Hardy Heron 8.04 Ubuntu, but I have an Intel Core2 processor, which will not work with i386 rpms. Does anyone know how i can either convert or somehow acquire a driver that will work for my laptop (dell xps m1330).

Thanks!

[jamesm.tecz]

Try plugging in a flash disk.
Boot to a i386 Live CD of Hardy
Download the driver from the above listed site.
Alienize the rpm
Copy the .deb to your flash
Kill your 'chine
Reboot
Run dpkg on the file.....

post back let us know if it works

[davidstillson]

this works like a charm! Thanks for finding a fix for this...

At first, I was adding the optional tray, not selecting tray 1 as the default tray, but once I figured it out, it was smooth sailing.

[Mithrilhall]

This worked great.

Thanks for posting.

[Tilex]

Hi!!

It worked great on my 8.04 32-bit laptop but I when I install it on my 8.10 64-bit PC, it does not work at all.

I mean, I install the driver, choose it as FX->C252..., change the printer options at the end, and whenever I try to print a test page it says it sent it to the printer but in the printer manager I see the job as being "stopped" right away. The printer never wakes up from standby and the test page never gets printed.

Any thought guys?

[figjam]

Thanks! These work brilliantly. Installed on 8.10

[Tilex]

Congrats!
Do you have 32-bit or 64-bit system?
Because on 64-bit it seems that we can't print more than 2 pages in a row...

[ytsejam1138]

I have found the solution to get this printer working properly.

System > Administration > Printing and right click on your printer, selecting Properties. 
Settings > Device URI
If you see something like socket://your_printer_ip_address:9100 just change socket to lpd and remove the :9100 off the end. 
Then click on apply.

Mine didn't have the 9100 port, so I just changed socket to lpd and it works perfect now. I found the solution on this webpage: http://p-s.co.nz/wordpress/?p=227

[dmitriyp13]

I got this to work out on my x64 and Intrepid:

1. download the above zip file (Xerox C525, http://www.fujixerox.com.au/support/...stemCode=Linux)

2. extract the zip file to get the rpm file

3. using an x86 system and alien, convert the rpm to a deb file

4. copy the resulting deb file back to the x64 system and install it with the "--force-architecture" option

5. install the printer as usual, but when asked for the printer make, choose the ppd file from "/usr/share/cups/model/FujiXerox/en/FX_DocuPrint_C525_A_AP.ppd"

6. enjoy


I can post the deb file if its helpful to others