[PLUG] Printer not supported in Windows!

Denis Heidtmann denis.heidtmann at gmail.com
Wed Nov 19 18:41:26 UTC 2014


On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Dick Steffens <dick at dicksteffens.com> wrote:
> On 11/19/2014 10:19 AM, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
>> I bought an hp officejet 4630, a multifunction printer.  I got it
>> installed and working in Ubuntu 12.04 using hplip.  It took a while,
>> but went without a hitch.  Printing and scanning work very well to the
>> extent I have exercised it.
>>
>> The problem is trying to get it working in Win 2k from VirtualBox.  I
>> looked at the CD (provided with the printer) from within Windows and
>> found a file which stated "This device is not supported in Windows
>> 2000"  (among many other older windows).  Bummer.  There is a 2-D
>> mechanical drawing program I really need to be able to print from.
>>
>> Is there any way I might be able to get this thing to just print (do
>> not need the scan or fax functions)?
>
> Could you export the drawing and print it from a Linux CAD program, such
> as BRL-CAD?
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dick Steffens

I am looking into that.  A few years ago I looked into Linux CAD
programs, and was very disappointed, to say the least.  I will check
BRL-CAD and whatever else I can find.  If I can get an easy-to-use,
simple 2D program in Linux I can abandon quick-cad.

-Denis



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