[CentOS] getting rid of hp c3180

Thu Jul 20 20:41:31 UTC 2017
Fred Smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>

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.

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