How to install a printer driver ?

From the Dell page... However, do not run cups from the web browser... Just go to System -> Administration -> Printing and install from there.

Custom Instructions for R293777.deb.sh.tar.gz:

Installation:
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1. Do not attach the printer via USB to the Linux machine.
2. Extract the zip file.
3. Run the installer script file by double-clicking on the file icon and
then click the "Run in Terminal" button or run the script file via command-line.
4. Follow the instructions in the installer screen.

Manually adding the Printer in CUPS:
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1. Attach the printer via USB to the Linux machine.
2. Run a browser and open "http://localhost:631"
3. Click "Add Printer" and fill out the details, such as name and description.
In the Device dropdown list, select "Dell USB Backend #1 (Dell
)" or "Dell Network Backend #1 (Dell )".
Make sure you select the correct device. The printer is not detected by the
machine if you cannot see its model in the list. On some distro, you may have
to reboot the machine so it can be detected.

You can also Browse for the PPD file if the device is not on the list.
The ppd files are located in folder /usr/dellinkjet/dell09/etc/. The following
are the different models supported by this driver and with their matching
ppd file:

Printer PPD
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Dell V715w ..... dlV715w.ppd

4. Select your Dell printer model name. After adding
the printer, you should see the "Printer Options". Click the "Set Printer Options"
(optional) or proceed to the next step.
5. You can access the printer admin directly by typing this address in
the browser: http://localhost:631/printers/. The name of
the printer is what you entered in step 3.
6. Print a test page to make sure the software has been successfully installed.

having problems with root access. I go to terminal, type in sudo passwrd, it asks for password for me, i type it in hit return and it comes up with "command not found". missing something. I just want to install a printer driver. It seems that I need root access to do this task.

I think your biggest problem is that you are not giving enough information for us to help you. Start with step one...

Double click on the R293777.deb.sh.tar.gz file. It will open the archive manager. Extract all of the files to a folder on your Desktop. (Or someplace equally easy to find)

Does this work? If not, get a new copy of the file...

Step two. Go into the folder and run the installer script in a terminal. If it fails, we need the exact message it fails with.

I agree with you. Let me give you more details. Yes, I have extracted the R293777.deb.sh.tar.gz file into dell-inkjet-09-driver-1.0-i386.deb.sh.

Next, I double-click this file and then click "run in terminal". A terminal screen comes up with "verifying archive integrity...all good. Uncompressing nixstaller......collecting info for this system....operating system:linux CPU Arch: x86 Tracking Ident ==14509

Then another window pops up called "Dell Linux INstaller", I click Next, I select "agree" to license agreement, click NEXT

Now another window pops up called "AUTHENTICATION". It states... This operation requires root (administrative) privileges. Please enter the administrative password below:

I enter my password I created when I installed Ubuntu 10.10 and it comes back with "Incorrect password given, please retype."

I'm stuck. I hope that helps you more. Thanks...greg

I still am asking for a response/answer.

Open a Terminal and navigate to the file. Type "sudo ./dell-inkjet-09-driver-1.0-i386.deb.sh" and give your password. That should get you past the badly written script. :)

Great. How do I navigate from an open terminal window to the downloads directory? I'm use to CD \ I can see the file in the "downloads" folder when I go to PLACES, DOWNLOADS.

Open a terminal. If you type "pwd" it will Print the Working Directory. If you are in home, and it is in downloads you can "cd Downloads" to get to the directory. At that point you can run it with "./" which means "in this directory" to unix/linux. Or you can run it with absolute path of /home/(your username)/Downloads/dell-inkjet-09-driver-1.0-i386.deb.sh from any directory.

You also may want to look at the nautilus extensions like nautilus-open-terminal which lets you open a terminal wherever you browse.

Thank you for your response. I was able to move to the downloads directory via cd Downloads command. I ran the command, it asked for my password, i entered it and then I received "command not found".

Any ideas what I'm missing?

Is the file set executable? In Nautilus, right click on it and go to Permissions. Is run as a program checked?

Thanks for hanging with me. I went into properties and yes, under permissions, the file is set for executable and all permissions are read/write. I just went into terminal again, changed folder, ran sudo ./dell-inkjet-09-driver-1.0-i386.deb.sh hit enter and it asked for my password, i entered my password and it came back as "command not found".

After testing, I think you have a typo in your line. This time try "sudo ./dell" and then hit tab for command completion. If it does not complete, the file is not there...

Also, this is for 32 bit architecture. If you are 64 bit it will crash.

IT worked! Thank you so much. I just printed a test page and all is well. I wish I had your Linux knowledge. Maybe we can trade for my storage knowledge. Thanks again!