Installing a printer with the Express CD

[fugue]

I’m trying to install a Brother MFC-7220 USB printer/fax/scanner on Amahi 6.1.0-1 with Fedora 14. I’ve installed the LPR and CUPS drivers for the printer but all of the Wikis I’ve read assume you have a GUI installed on the HDA. I’ve tried searching this forum, Fedora’s and Google for a solution but with no joy. I tried a generic install using Webmin but failed.

Does anyone know how to install a printer and make it visible to my Samba and Mint 12 clients using commands in a terminal? Installing Gnome to get the printer working on the network is a last resort.

Thanks.

[bigfoot65]

Have you looked at the guidance here?

http://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Adding_ ... ed_printer

[fugue]

Thanks for the reply Bigfoot. That's the first place I tried but the wiki assumes you have a GUI installed on the HDA.

[bigfoot65]

Install VNC (http://www.amahi.org/apps/VNC) and use VNC Viewer from your client to access the GUI. That would be the easiest route in my opinion.

[fugue]

I must be missing something. I can access a GUI on the HDA even though I didn't install Gnome or X on the HDA (the main reason for using the Express CD in the first place) using VNC?

You'll have to point me to where I can learn to install a VNC shell on the server using command lines. I just did a search and can't find that anywhere. Just to be clear; I do not have a desktop installed on the Amahi server.

Thanks again.

[bigfoot65]

Yes. That app has a convenience fee, so you need to log into the web site and purchase it. Once purchased, it will show up in your available apps section.

It is a good app and once installed, you can access the HDA via the VNC client with no additional setup required.

[fugue]

Thanks Bigfoot. I'll give it a go. I'm installing tigervnc-server manually right now and will let the forum know how it goes.

Edit 1: Installed the tigervnc-server but only saw a black screen with a few check boxes in the top left corner. Searched the forum and saw others had the same result. Gave in and I'm installing Gnome packages. Then I will get back on topic about installing the printer.

[bigfoot65]

Should install Amahi VNC app. It makes this easier.

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[fugue]

The VNC app doesn’t appear under the Apps section on the dashboard (at least on mine). Edit 1: Because I didn't log into the App... errr... Place and purchase it.
However, I was successful in installing the GUI and then the printer. I kept Gnome at runlevel 3 and can VNC into it without a problem. After that, installing the printer was a snap.

Fedora 14 doesn’t know what a MFC-7220 is but the settings for the MFC-7320 work just fine. Same kind of printer just a different form factor.

I am now happily printing from all of my machines. All points to you Bigfoot.

[bigfoot65]

Awesome! Glad to hear you got it all sorted out. I don't use my HDA for printing any more as I have a networked printer. But at least I remember how much a pain it was when I did have one connected.