Re: [Printing-user-general] Olympus P11 printer - update

Have you already read the README file which is in the package?

   Till


Ron Skingley wrote:
> I've now managed, by clicking on files (more luck than judgement) to run a
> configure and make. But the P11 still doesn't appear on the list when I do a
> 'new printer' and select 'Olympus' as the make.
> Is there something else I need to do?
> 
> Thanks for all your help.
> 
> Ron
> 
> In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Ron
> Skingley) writes:
> 
>>Thanks Matt,
>>The package manager doesn't seem to know what to do with the file.
>>I must say, it would be nice to have some guidance on the download site.
>>For us newbies to Linux anyway.
>>Thanks again.
>>Ron
>>
>>In article
>><mailman.25.1151779071.6330.printing-user-general@lists.freestandards.org>,
>>Matt Broughton <[email protected]> writes:
>>
>>>At 11:33 AM +0000 7/1/06, Ron Skingley wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi All,
>>>>
>>>>I'm trying to get an Olympus P11 printer going.
>>>>I've downloaded gutenprint-5.0.0-rc3.tar.bz2 and
> 
> gutenprint-5.0.0-rc3.U.dmg,
> 
>>>>but no idea which one to use, or how to use it.
>>>>
>>>>I'm running Ubuntu 6.
>>>>
>>>
>>>The gutenprint-5.0.0-rc3.U.dmg is a binary installer for Intel and 
>>>PPC users of Mac OS X.
>>>
>>>The gutenprint-5.0.0-rc3.tar.bz2 is the source code for the driver 
>>>package.  It would need to be compiled and installed.  I have played 
>>>a bit with the live version of Ubuntu on my Mac, but am not familiar 
>>>with what, if any, package manager is used.  Did you check on the 
>>>Ubuntu site for how to install software?  There well may be a 
>>>prebuilt binary that you can use.
>>>
>>>Matt
>>>-- 
>>>Matt Broughton
>>>Only relatives are absolute.
>>>