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Debian script in Ubuntu

Asked by Laurent

To install the Dell 1710n laser printer drivers, Dell supplied deb package. After installing the package with dpkg, a script is run to install a virtual device and a print queue. However, when attempting to run the script a message appears stating that the following system commands cannot be found:

/usr/bin/enable
/usr/bin/disable

The message suggests to edit the script file to solve the problem.

What would be the equivalent system commands in Ubuntu 6.10?

Thank you

Laurent

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jz (jz+) said : 		#1

This is a complete guess but you could try:

/usr/bin/cupsenable
/usr/bin/cupsdisable

This was the first thing that came to mind, in the likely event that you need more help please paste the exact error message.

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Laurent (lduplantie) said : 		#2

I am still getting an error message with disable. See message below
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root@Laurent2:/home/laurent# /usr/dellprint/bin/dellprint

This script uses a set of system commands which may be
in a different location on your system. The section on
"System Commands" specifies the location of these commands

The following system command(s) were not found:

   File missing -- usr/bin/cupsdisable

HOW TO FIX
----------
This problem can be easily corrected by manually editing the
script [ /usr/dellprint/bin/.scripts/shared ] and modify.
the System Commands section.
=====
It was the same message previous to your suggested change with the /usr/bin/enable and /usr/bin/disable commands.

Laurent

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Laurent (lduplantie) said : 		#3

I noticed that I made a type in the command and forgot /.

Now the script gives no error but the dellprint software is not able to create the print queue. I have tried to do it manually per Dell's instruction. Now it gives me an error message with lpadmin.

I decided to abandon my quest for a succesful install.

I removed the Dell printer drivers

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Best michelem (michele-marcucci) said : 		#4

Hi,
to install your Dell printer try access printing configuration from:

System -> Preferences -> Printing

Choose "New Printer" and add it as a "LEXMARK Optra E321" (connected locally or remotly I dont know how do you connet to it)

Info taken from https://www.noah.org/wiki/index.php/Dell_1710_printing

Good luck

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Laurent (lduplantie) said : 		#5

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