Installation of printers with foo2lava driver
This article will help you to install a printer supported by the foo2lava driver.
Currently (December 2012) supported devices are:
- Konica Minolta magicolor 2530 DL
- Konica Minolta magicolor 2490 MF (printer only)
- Konica Minolta magicolor 1600W
- Oki C110
There are a few more printers which are marked as "Alpha quality; PRINTER ONLY!":
- Konica Minolta magicolor 1680MF
- Konica Minolta magicolor 1690MF
- Konica Minolta magicolor 2480 MF
- Konica Minolta magicolor 4690MF
- Xerox Phaser 6115MFP
- Xerox Phaser 6121MFP
If you have one of these printers and none of the drivers listed in the CUPS-article worked for you, installation still will be quite easy.
First, you've got to open a terminal. Then, type the following, line for line:
$ wget -O foo2zjs.tar.gz http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/foo2zjs.tar.gz $ tar zxf foo2zjs.tar.gz $ cd foo2zjs $ make
That's the first part of the installation process. Now, you need to download a so called ".ICM files", which defines a color profile for your printer. It is needed to print colors as correct as possible. Depending on your printer choose one of the following lines:
$ ./getweb 2530 # Get Konica Minolta magicolor 2530 DL .ICM files $ ./getweb 2490 # Get Konica Minolta magicolor 2490 MF .ICM files $ ./getweb 1600w # Get Konica Minolta magicolor 1600W .ICM files $ ./getweb 110 # Get Oki C110 .ICM files
$ ./getweb 1680 # Get Konica Minolta magicolor 1680MF .ICM files $ ./getweb 1690 # Get Konica Minolta magicolor 1690MF .ICM files $ ./getweb 2480 # Get Konica Minolta magicolor 2480 MF .ICM files $ ./getweb 4690 # Get Konica Minolta magicolor 4690MF .ICM files $ ./getweb 6115 # Get Xerox Phaser 6115MFP .ICM files $ ./getweb 6121 # Get Xerox Phaser 6121MFP.ICM files
So, for example, if you've got the Konica Minolta magicolor 2530DL, you need to enter the following into the terminal:
$ ./getweb 2530
The next step to complete the installation process is executing the following command:
$ make install
That's it already! There's nothing more to do. You can now choose your printer in the GNOME/KDE/... printer configuration-tool or configure it in an alternative way.