R: Re: driver for a printer connected to a remote computer

Antonio Montagnani antonio.montagnani at alice.it
Mon Apr 1 04:19:43 UTC 2013


On the computer where the printer is connected driver is installed fine, only on networked computer I have to install it by hand




Antonio da Samsung MobileSuvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux at gmail.com> ha scritto:On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 11:36:23PM +0200, antonio montagnani wrote:
> A printer connected to a computer on my network is easily discovered but
> driver is generally a Raw generic driver: therefore I cannot use part of
> options (i.e. printing multiple pages on a single sheet and so on).
> 
> If I want to have full functionality I have to install driver by hand using
> system-config-printer.
> 
> (I am using a Samsung ML-1610 laser printer)
> 
> Is this behaviour normal??

You need to install network printers too.  This means you need to choose
the appropriate drivers to get a complete functionality.  Usually Fedora
ships most printer drivers, if the driver for your printer is missing
please try to file a bugzilla report.

Hope this helps,

-- 
Suvayu

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