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Posted Oct 29, 2008 at 10:10:01 AM
Subject: Printer help needed
Hi guys, I have aquired a Dell 720 photo printer. Looking online I gather that the Epson z600 driver will work with this item. The only instructions however are for installing it on Mandriva & I'm using Kubuntu. Would someone be so kind as to post step by step instructions for obtaining & installing said driver. Have tested the printer on Windows machine & it works. Using the KDE install new printer wizard this printer isn't offered as an option, if I select the generic text only printer it defaults to letter size paper which I can't change & which won,t print "file successfully sent to printer" , return message " format not recognized." many thanks
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Posted: Oct 29, 2008 4:12:18 PM
Subject: Printer help needed
If its for Mandriva I am assuming its a rpm package? Here is how you transform rpm package to a DEB package, and install in Kubuntu. http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2005/09/23/installing-using-an-rpm-file/
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Posted: Oct 30, 2008 4:12:21 AM
Subject: Printer help needed
Are any Dell photo printers listed in your Kubuntu printer install options? Very often the drivers are the same, or similar enough. So if there is a model listed, try that instead of the generic printer selection. If rokytnji's suggestion doesn't work of course :-)

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