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are there any printer drivers for ubuntu on a mac ppc

Asked by john bridgen

 i have got ubuntu 6.06(dapper) running on a mac g4
 i have tried to get the printers working but the downloads are for 386
the printer is a brother dcp120c and an epson r200
 any help would be apprecated
all the best john

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Best Rob Caskey (rcaskey) said : 		#1

The dcp120c will not work, it requires a special drivers only available for Intel machines from Brother.

I don't have a r200 in front of me, but there is a decent chance it will plug and play without any extra driver installation.

Intel Only Driver for dcp120c (Will not Work)
http://www.brother.com/cgi-bin/agreement/agreement.cgi?dlfile=http://solutions.brother.com/Library/sol/printer/linux/rpmfiles/lpr_debian/mfc210clpr-1.0.2-1.i386.deb&lang=English_lpr

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john bridgen (john-bridgen7077) said : 		#2

thank you for your help
dis and reconnected and all worked
thanks once again
all the best
john