AMD released ATI Catalyst 12.3, howto Install in Ubuntu and LinuxMint

AMD announced the release of AMD / ATI Catalyst 12.3, the biggest news of this new release is that Catalyst 12.3 now fully supports the AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800 and AMD Radeon HD 7700 series of products, this release also come to fix several issues including AMD Catalyst Control Center startup issues/ delays, Tom Clancy HAWX and Furmark Benchmark are no longer crashes.

Continue reading

Howto Setup Lexmark Z55 printer in Ubuntu/Debian/Mint

The sleek, curvy design of the Lexmark Z55 color inkjet printer brings smooth styling to a machine that fits neatly on small home desktops. Measuring just 12 by 17 inches and incorporating a retractable paper tray, it provides outstanding clarity and speed for home users within a well-proportioned frame.

 

Continue reading

linux printer driver for HIPERC protocol

Supported  printers

Oki C3100n, C3200n, Oki C3300n, Oki C3400n, Oki C5100n, Oki C5150n, Oki C5200n, Oki C5500n, Oki C5600n, Oki C5800n

the  used    opensource   drivers  i s   :  foo2hiperc is an open source printer driver for printers that use the HIPERC wire protocol for their print data,

 

 

lets  begin to  doiwnload  the  driver :

 

wget -O foo2zjs.tar.gz http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/foo2zjs.tar.gz
extract with   tar -zxvf 
cd folder
make  
 make install
 

lets  configure.

If  you are  behind old  server  redhat  7 8 9  of   Fedora  1 2 3 4 5

#

 # printconf-gui
For Fedora Core 6, Fedora 7/8/9/10/11, and Ubuntu 7.10/8.x/9.x users:
 # system-config-printer
For  Mandrake  or  mandriva:
   # printerdrake
For SUSE 10.x/11.x users:
    # yast2 printer

For Ubuntu  users:

    $ sudo gnome-cups-manager    $ sudo make cups             # IMPORTANT: gnome-cups-manager has a BUG in it

 

 

If Oki C3400n  is  connected  to  the  network   , use a “Queue Type” “HP JetDirect” and set “Host:” to the IP address of the printer and “Port:” to 9100..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Install Any HP printer in Linux

This  tutorial  will  explain  how  to install  any  HP printer  in Linux   systems .  

what  you  have  to  do   is to check  if  your   printer is  support  from here :  

http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/recommended.html

 

 

 Lets  take  a example   for  this  one .

The HP Photosmart C5300 All-in-One Printer, Scanner, Copier series is designed for home users who want the affordability of five individual inks, the versatility of everyday and photo printing, and the opportunity to get more creative.

Bellow is described the easy way to install the printer all in one 5300 series (printer scanner and copy machine) in Linux system.

 

Continue reading

Debian Lenny ATI HD 3450 AGP Ati proprietary drivers

This guide will show you how to install on Debian Lenny proprietary drivers for ATI HD 3450 AGP Ati

The packaging scripts for Catalyst drivers 9.1 and 9.2 seem to be broken on Debian Lenny, and as of 9.2, Debian Etch as well.

The quick fix we found for Mepis 8 is to use the SGFXI script from SMXI with the force command..

Continue reading