one more time: integrating another printer driver into FC5

Matthew Saltzman mjs at ces.clemson.edu
Tue Apr 18 10:34:31 UTC 2006


On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Frank-Michael Fischer wrote:

> Frank-Michael Fischer wrote:
>> After successfully installing FC5 I realized my Canon iP4100 printer is
>> not supported under Fedora. Canon, however, provides Linux drivers as
>> RPMs. These install nicely. After installing the driver, I can add a
>> printer using CUPS but not when using the printer admin tool coming with
>> FC5, because the new driver is still not listed; CUPS however lists ONLY
>> the new driver. Something is strange here, any idea how I could fix this?
>>
>> FMF
>>
>>
> One more try: Anybody an idea how to install another printer driver so
> that system-config-printer knows about it and not just CUPS?
>
> I'll appreciate any help,

Open system-config-printer and click Actions, then Import PPD.

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> FMF
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