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nicbudd

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Registered: 2024-01-21

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Konica-Minolta PagePro 1350W driver not being used by CUPS

I have a Konica-Minolta PagePro 1350W printer, which works well on this PC running Pop_OS!, but I can't get it running on Arch.

I installed ghostscript using pacman, and then installed the driver from http://www.hinterbergen.de/mala/min12xxw/. I compiled and installed using make, and I know it is installed and working because I can run min12xxw and the terminal will hang and wait for input.

I've been using system-config-printer to attempt to configure it. I downloaded the PPD file from the openprinting.org website https://www.openprinting.org/driver/min12xxw, provide it to the program for setup, and then get the error "Printer 'KONICA-MINOLTA-PP1350W' requires the 'min12xxw' program but it is not currently installed. Please install it before using this printer."

After this the printer appears to be setup, but says "Idle - Filter failed", which from searching on the internet seems to be indicative of driver errors.

I obviously have the program installed, so I don't get why I'm getting this error. Any advice?

cgb_spender

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Registered: 2024-01-15

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Re: Konica-Minolta PagePro 1350W driver not being used by CUPS

I would try different kernels of Arch and fallback versions, especially linux-rt-lts. You can also dual-boot Arch and Pop_OS! and/or Windows just for printing. In the long run, I would buy only printers that are known to be well compatible with Linux, e.g., from Hewlett-Packard.

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V1del

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Re: Konica-Minolta PagePro 1350W driver not being used by CUPS

Kernel's are to a very large part unrelated in terms of printing.

@nicbudd where did this get installed to? Any reason you're not using https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/min12xxw which will likely integrate better with the rest of the system. If you've never used the AUR, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch_User_Repository

though apparently this is unmaintained on the AUR, but there's a patched PKGBUILD in the comments.

Last edited by V1del (2024-01-21 13:09:07)