>> Berna Massingill wrote: >> >I'm trying to set up a newly-purchased Dell Dimension machine, >> >which came with a printer/copier/scanner. The owner's manual >> >calls it a "Dell Photo All-In-One Printer 922". When I run >> >system-config-printer (which I had been told was a reasonable way >> >to start), I get the following error messages: >> > >> >No match for USB device: >> > mfr "Dell " >> > model "Photo AIO 922" >> > desc "Dell Photo AIO Printer 922" >> > cmdset "CPDNPA003" >> > >> >Does this mean Linux can't find a driver for the printer? >> >Dell's Web site has only Windows drivers. A quick Google search >> >turns up several people asking about support for this printer >> >under Linux, but no answer. >> > >> >What now? (Was I insufficiently paranoid in checking for >> >hardware compatibility before buying this thing? It was a >> >really good deal pricewise .... ) >> > >> >-- blm >> > >> >> Berna: >> You might post to the general forum at www.linuxprinting.org. IIRC, many >> (some/all?) Dell printers are actually made by Lexmark so that it may >> be possible to use a Lexmark driver. Or not. Thanks! The bad news is that www.linuxprinting.org is moderately scathing about the variety of printer I appear to have. I wish I'd known about that site while I was picking out hardware. Useful for next time, though. Before posting a query, I did some more Googling, with Lexmark added to the search terms. In the hopes that this partial paper (?) trail will help someone else ....: I found a claim that the printer I have is actually a Lexmark x5270: http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,117556,00.asp and a suggestion that maybe it would work to use the Lexmark x5250 drivers: http://www.linuxprinting.org/pipermail/lexmark-list/2005q2/002943.html which seem to be available here: http://www.lexmark.com/US/products/info/linux/download_v2.html I obtained the RPM from that site and installed it, but I'm not quite sure how to proceed from there. The instructions seem to mostly focus on building/installing a scanner driver, and right now I'd be content just to have the printer work. I'm not sure how to make a connection between the files from the RPM (listed below, somewhat summarized) and the process for configuring a printer (system-config-printer, right??). Files from RPM: /usr/include/lexmark-H/*.h /usr/lib/liblexx5250printer.a /usr/lib/liblexx5250printer.la /usr/lib/liblexx5250printer.so /usr/lib/liblexx5250printer.so.0 /usr/lib/liblexx5250printer.so.0.0.0 /usr/lib/liblexx5250printjob.a /usr/lib/liblexx5250printjob.la /usr/lib/liblexx5250printjob.so /usr/lib/liblexx5250printjob.so.0 /usr/lib/liblexx5250printjob.so.0.0.0 /usr/lib/liblexx5250scanner.a /usr/lib/liblexx5250scanner.la /usr/lib/liblexx5250scanner.so /usr/lib/liblexx5250scanner.so.0 /usr/lib/liblexx5250scanner.so.0.0.0 /usr/lib/liblxbtflib.so /usr/lib/liblxbthpec.so /usr/lib/liblxbthpeh.so /usr/lib/liblxbthpep.so /usr/local/x5250llpddk/utility/*.out /usr/local/x5250llpddk/utility/*.lut I may be in way over my head, but help in figuring out what to do next would be appreciated. -- blm
