Ubuntu
cups package

  1. Bug #273021
  2. Comment #11

Comment 11 for bug 273021

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Alan Lord (theopensourcerer) wrote :

OK - Another short update. I went back to the forum article (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=346929) and did the following.

Downloaded the driver from Konica Minolta's web site.
Rather than installing the RPM, I extracted it (rpm2cpio ../magicolor2530DL-2.0.0-1.i386.rpm | cpio -dimv)
All files are installed into /usr/share or /usr/lib . I simply copied the files into /usr using

    alord@Lobsang:/usr$ sudo cp -av /home/alord/Desktop/MG/usr/* .

I then tried to install the printer via the System->Administration->Printing->New->Printer dialogue but it failed at the final hurdle with:

    "There was an error during the CUPS operation: 'server-error-internal-error'.".

However, installing the printer via the cups interface at localhost:631/ according to the thread above worked fine. I can print using FF and OOo. And hopefully by not installing a deb I won't get any more dpkg errors.

But still, it would be nice if I didn't have to resort to these kind of hacks. Hope this helps in the diagnosis. Just in case, I have attached the magicolor driver file.