Translations by Nick Ellery

There are three ways to see if you scanner works in Ubuntu:

Insert the details of the network printer and click <guibutton>Forward</guibutton>.

Select the printer model and then click <guibutton>Apply</guibutton>.

Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>System</guimenu><guimenuitem>Administration</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Printing</guimenuitem></menuchoice>

If your printer is directly connected to a Windows machine on your network, choose <guilabel>Windows Printer via SAMBA</guilabel>. Otherwise, select the protocol your printer uses to communicate.

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Printing, Faxing and Scanning

2006-09-07

Setting up and using a printer/fax machine.

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Printing

Most printers will be automatically supported by Ubuntu. The <application>Printer Configuration</application> application allows you to add printers, as well as modify their settings. You can also use this application to share the printer with other computers on a network, disable the printer, or restart it.

Local Printing

If your printer was not detected after a few moments, then you will need to follow these steps:

Obtain the model name of your printer.

Ensure the printer is turned on.

Your printer should be automatically detected. If so, simply click <guibutton>Forward</guibutton> and then <guibutton>Apply</guibutton>.

Finally, you can enter in a description and location for your printer.

Network Printing

You can also configure your Ubuntu system to send print jobs to a remote print server. Remote printers are hosted somewhere on a network. To configure a remote printer:

If you do not know the protocol or details of your network printer, you should consult your network administrator.

Testing a Printer

Faxing

More information is available from the following locations:

Ubuntu Community support pages

Efax-gtk website

Scanning

Does my scanner work with Ubuntu?

Simply plug it in and try it! If it is a newer Universal Serial Bus (USB) scanner, it is likely that it will just work.

Using your scanner

Place what you want to scan on the scanner.

Alternately, pressing the scan button on the scanner should also work.

What if it says "No devices available"?

Manually installing a scanner

There are some scanners that have less than complete drivers from the SANE project. They can sometimes be used, but not all the features may work.

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