On 20/07/17 07:29, Michael Hennebry wrote:> Does a Canon MF232W work with Centos? >> From > https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/support/details/printers/black-and-white-laser/imageclass-mf232w#fb5cab1c-c86d-4fda-864d-6023bbc5a3a6_tab > > I got the following message: > There is no driver for the OS Version you selected. The driver may be > included in your OS or you may not need a driver. > It had autodetected linux 64-bit. > To me, that suggests that I should be able to > connect it and it should pretty much just work. > Am I correct? >My guess would be no. It appears to use a proprietary built in engine that will need a driver and Canon don't appear to provide drivers for Linux for that model. I'd be very surprised if it will work. I'd recommend you look for a model with good Linux support, preferably based upon a Postscript/PCL engine.
On Thu, 20 Jul 2017, Phil Perry wrote:> On 20/07/17 07:29, Michael Hennebry wrote: >> Does a Canon MF232W work with Centos?> My guess would be no. It appears to use a proprietary built in engine that > will need a driver and Canon don't appear to provide drivers for Linux for > that model. I'd be very surprised if it will work.Next on the list is a Brother HL-L2360DW. It appears to work with linux. I got as far as this page: http://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist.aspx?c=us&lang=en&prod=hll2360dw_us&os=127 I infer that the "Driver Install Tool" will install the four listed rpms, probably from a script. Is that the way to go? Printer installs have given me so much joy in the past, that I approach them with fear and trepidation. Also, my original notes do not contain the second L in HL-L2360DW. Its presence here is the result of inference. If someone has reason to believe it an erroneous inference, please let me know. -- Michael hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu "Sorry but your password must contain an uppercase letter, a number, a haiku, a gang sign, a heiroglyph, and the blood of a virgin." -- someeecards
On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 03:27:14PM -0500, Michael Hennebry wrote:> On Thu, 20 Jul 2017, Phil Perry wrote: > > >On 20/07/17 07:29, Michael Hennebry wrote: > >>Does a Canon MF232W work with Centos? > > >My guess would be no. It appears to use a proprietary built in > >engine that will need a driver and Canon don't appear to provide > >drivers for Linux for that model. I'd be very surprised if it will > >work. > > Next on the list is a Brother HL-L2360DW. > It appears to work with linux. > I got as far as this page: > http://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist.aspx?c=us&lang=en&prod=hll2360dw_us&os=127 > I infer that the "Driver Install Tool" will install the four listed rpms, > probably from a script. > Is that the way to go? > Printer installs have given me so much joy in the past, > that I approach them with fear and trepidation.I've installed brother drivers by hand, and it involves working through a somewhat cryptic list of modifications you need to do to your Linux system. other times I use their driver install tool and let it do what is needed. -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." ---------------------------- Hebrews 4:12 (niv) ------------------------------
Michael Hennebry wrote:> On Thu, 20 Jul 2017, Phil Perry wrote: > >> On 20/07/17 07:29, Michael Hennebry wrote: >>> Does a Canon MF232W work with Centos? > >> My guess would be no. It appears to use a proprietary built in engine >> that >> will need a driver and Canon don't appear to provide drivers for Linux >> for >> that model. I'd be very surprised if it will work. > > Next on the list is a Brother HL-L2360DW. > It appears to work with linux. > I got as far as this page: > http://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist.aspx?c=us&lang=en&prod=hll2360dw_us&os=127 > I infer that the "Driver Install Tool" will install the four listed rpms, > probably from a script. > Is that the way to go? > Printer installs have given me so much joy in the past, > that I approach them with fear and trepidation. > > Also, my original notes do not contain the second L in HL-L2360DW. > Its presence here is the result of inference. > If someone has reason to believe it an erroneous inference, > please let me know. >Just as a datapoint, my cute little HP 1018 is a "winprinter", meaning that I have to send it some data to make it work with Linux. I fire that off whenever I wake my router up (DD-WRT forgets about it). It does work, then. mark