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Kodak Easy Share 5100 printer/scanner driver

Asked by Doug

Hey anyone good at drivers for printers or scanners.

I have a Kodak Easy Share 5100 all in one printer scanner

but they do not do drivers for it in Linux

This printer is cheap to run as the ink cartridges only cost $7 each for color and black and the scanner gives a great reproduction to pdf files. I would hate to have go back to windows to be able to use it.

Can anyone help.

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Doug (douglasblackusa-b) said : 		#1

It shows up as a camera but no files

it shows up as a printer but no drivers work.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

Kodak not only have gone bust, but also flatly refused to support Linux.

This may help, seems to work parrially:
http://www.openprinting.org/printer/Kodak/Kodak-EasyShare_5100

I suggest you buy HP in future, they solidly support Linux

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Doug (douglasblackusa-b) said : 		#3

Tried that but does not work

http://support.en.kodak.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/32108/selected/true

They say this is the source code in c will this work

http://download.kodak.com/digital/software/inkjet/FFmpeg/FFmpeg.zip

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Doug (douglasblackusa-b) said : 		#4

not sure if this will work as i do not have a compiler and I have not done any work with print drivers.

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Doug (douglasblackusa-b) said : 		#5

http://www.openprinting.org/printer/Kodak/Kodak-EasyShare_5100

this starts to print then freezes but does not print. when cancelled a blank sheet comes out.

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Doug (douglasblackusa-b) said : 		#6

Can anyone tell me which PPD file works with this printer? or how do I modify my system for them to work..

http://www.openprinting.org/printer/Kodak/Kodak-EasyShare_5100

this starts to print then freezes but does not print. when cancelled a blank sheet comes out.

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Doug (douglasblackusa-b) said : 		#7

Updated to Ubuntu 14.04 and it prints.