Getting printing and scanning to work

[marco]

Hello again,
This time i'm trying to get my Printer, a HP Deskjet 710 C, and my
scanner, a Canon CanoScan FB 330 P, to work (Breezy),
I have downloaded drivers for them, but they are .tar files.
Since my first post here i have learned to install everything with
Synaptic, but this time it seems i have no choice than to install the
..tar files. I have downloaded them into my /home/marco/drivers folder.
What are the exact actions i should take now to get these drivers to
work? Thanks in advance.

Marco

[Al Krieger]

On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 13:29:36 +0100, marco wrote:

> Hello again,
> This time i'm trying to get my Printer, a HP Deskjet 710 C, and my
> scanner, a Canon CanoScan FB 330 P, to work (Breezy),
> I have downloaded drivers for them, but they are .tar files.
> Since my first post here i have learned to install everything with
> Synaptic, but this time it seems i have no choice than to install the
> .tar files. I have downloaded them into my /home/marco/drivers folder.
> What are the exact actions i should take now to get these drivers to
> work? Thanks in advance.
>
> Marco

I think the HP 710c will work with the hp drivers you can download with
Synaptic. Check and see whether the Canon scanner is covered by libsane,
or libsane-extras (I may have those names wrong) that you can download
with Synaptic.

Hope this helps,
Al

[marco]

Al Krieger schreef:

> On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 13:29:36 +0100, marco wrote:
>
>

>>Hello again,
>>This time i'm trying to get my Printer, a HP Deskjet 710 C, and my
>>scanner, a Canon CanoScan FB 330 P, to work (Breezy),
>>I have downloaded drivers for them, but they are .tar files.
>>Since my first post here i have learned to install everything with
>>Synaptic, but this time it seems i have no choice than to install the
>>.tar files. I have downloaded them into my /home/marco/drivers folder.
>>What are the exact actions i should take now to get these drivers to
>>work? Thanks in advance.
>>
>>Marco

>
>
> I think the HP 710c will work with the hp drivers you can download with
> Synaptic. Check and see whether the Canon scanner is covered by libsane,
> or libsane-extras (I may have those names wrong) that you can download
> with Synaptic.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Al
>

Well, the scanner is not covered by libsane or libsane-extras i guess.
These packages are both installed but Ubuntu doesn't seem to recognize
the scanner. The xsane scannerprogram reports that there are no devices.
I still think i have to add the drivers manually, but what are the exact
commands?

Marco

[Tom Clydesdale]

On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:38:17 +0100, marco wrote:

> Al Krieger schreef:

>> On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 13:29:36 +0100, marco wrote:
>>
>>

>>>Hello again,
>>>This time i'm trying to get my Printer, a HP Deskjet 710 C, and my
>>>scanner, a Canon CanoScan FB 330 P, to work (Breezy),
>>>I have downloaded drivers for them, but they are .tar files.
>>>Since my first post here i have learned to install everything with
>>>Synaptic, but this time it seems i have no choice than to install the
>>>.tar files. I have downloaded them into my /home/marco/drivers folder.
>>>What are the exact actions i should take now to get these drivers to
>>>work? Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>>Marco

>>
>>
>> I think the HP 710c will work with the hp drivers you can download with
>> Synaptic. Check and see whether the Canon scanner is covered by libsane,
>> or libsane-extras (I may have those names wrong) that you can download
>> with Synaptic.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> Al
>>

>
> Well, the scanner is not covered by libsane or libsane-extras i guess.
> These packages are both installed but Ubuntu doesn't seem to recognize
> the scanner. The xsane scannerprogram reports that there are no devices.
> I still think i have to add the drivers manually, but what are the exact
> commands?
>
> Marco

You might go to the Sane website and find out if they have incorporated
that scanner in their backends. If they have check what version it is
included in and compare that with the version available in Synaptic before
you go into a manual update mode.

I had to wait to their version 15 before mine was available and then
Ubuntu had it available about 3 months later. (It works very well.)

[Marco]

Richard G. Riley wrote:

> It could be one of many things since you dont say whats in the TAR
> files. Its like saying "how do I make a cake with whats in the
> cupboard" when you dont know whats in the cupboard :) Is it PPD files
> or source code?
>
> Here : [url]http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=16846[/url]
>
> This helped me.
>
> Also : [url]http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_driver.cgi?driver=hpijs[/url]
>
> Good luck. Printers in Linux are a nightmare if you're unlucky enough
> to have one not supported in the distribution, but if you follow the
> instructions carefully it should work. One caveat : dont try and use
> the CUPS web interface.It is disabled and, unfortunately, nearly all
> googled advice tells you how to fix your printer problems using this
> damn web interface. Do not bother following advice on how to enable
> the CUPS web interface - I *believe* it is compiled out of the kernel
> since I couldnt enable it following this advice.
>

I just want to know what the commands are after i unpacked a tarball.
(should i save the files in a special folder, or doesn't that matter ?)
Is the next command: ./configure, or: ./<filename>, or: ./configure
<filename> ?
and then: make, or: make <filename>, or ?????
and then : sudo make install ????

Thanks,

Marco