Konica Minolta 7222 on Ubuntu,Linux
aboSamoor | May 27, 2009 | 9:32 amThe Linux driver for Konica Minolta 7222 is not working for me, when I send the test page it gives 32 garbage page.
To solve the problem, you can:
- Fix the konica driver
- Install a virtual machine XP using virtualbox and connect it to the network printer using the windows driver. The printing process is slow according to the usage of the NAT service. To solve such low performance use Host adapter solution from virtualbox as a networking alternative to NAT service which asks you to make many changes including creating a new virtual bridge on your ubuntu host machine :), for more details read this tutorial. Eventually your new virtual XP machine will appear as a new machine in the LAN so you can order printing requests as any other XP machine. Anyway, it is not east task especially that my network has strict administration rules which does not allow giving an unauthenticated machines an IP address
- Use generic drivers. You can pick any one of many generic drivers available by default in ubuntu :):
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go to System/Administration/printing or run the following command
system-config-printer - Choose new printer, you will get this dialog after searching for available printers
- After choosing the IP address of your network printer, press forward to get the “choose driver” dialog.
- Choose Select Printer from database then for makes choose Generic. Press forward to get the following dialog
- Most of the models are working, for me PCL 5, PCL 5e and PCL 6/PCL XL work for normal printing orders, for both sides printing option only PCL6/PCL XL works, after choosing the model choose the driver the best to choose is the recommended one.
- After that you have to fill the name and description fields, and Yupeee you have a new printer.
- Try printing a test page by choosing prosperities from right click menu.
Go to Settings/Tests and Maintenance. Press print test page.
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go to System/Administration/printing or run the following command
Both Sides printing Option
As I said before this option is not working smoothly with all the generic drivers even it is available in most of them. For example, my network printer supports both sides option, the PCL 5 driver also give the option from the printer properties dialog but it is disabled in the evince printing dialog. Moreover, adding the both sides option to the lpr command did not work with the PCL 5 generic driver, choosing PCL6/PCL XL solved the probelm.
To check if your driver provides both sides option:
- Go to Your Printer Properties Dialog
- Choose Printer Options
- Go to Gutenprint Printer Features Common
- Change the default setting to whatever you want
Providing the option of both sides does not mean that it is guaranteed to work, so to test the option, open any pdf you have using evince, and try the printing dialog. Go to the page setup tab if the both sides option is enabled this means that it is working, if it is disabled try another generic driver.
You can pass the both sides option to the lpr command in this way:
$ lpr -P NameofYourPrinter -o InputSlot=Standard -o Resolution=FromPrintoutMode -o PageSize=A4 -o sides=two-sided-long-edge -o page-ranges=3-4 nameofthefile










