driver for Dell 922 printer under FC4?

Carroll Grigsby cgrigs at earthlink.net
Tue Aug 2 18:30:40 UTC 2005


Berna Massingill wrote:
> I'm trying to set up a newly-purchased Dell Dimension machine,
> which came with a printer/copier/scanner.  The owner's manual
> calls it a "Dell Photo All-In-One Printer 922".  When I run
> system-config-printer (which I had been told was a reasonable way
> to start), I get the following error messages:
> 
> No match for USB device:
>   mfr "Dell "
>   model "Photo AIO 922"
>   desc "Dell Photo AIO Printer 922"
>   cmdset "CPDNPA003"
> 
> Does this mean Linux can't find a driver for the printer?
> Dell's Web site has only Windows drivers.  A quick Google search
> turns up several people asking about support for this printer
> under Linux, but no answer.
> 
> What now?  (Was I insufficiently paranoid in checking for
> hardware compatibility before buying this thing?  It was a
> really good deal pricewise .... )
> 
> -- blm
> 

Berna:
You might post to the general forum at www.linuxprinting.org. IIRC, many 
  (some/all?) Dell printers are actually made by Lexmark so that it may 
be possible to use a Lexmark driver. Or not.

-- cmg




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