Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Request support for "Kyocera FS-1020MFP"

[Zdenek D. <zd...@re...>]

Hi Solomon,

I've had an issue in Fedora where user used this driver (it batches 
whole group of Kyocera printers) with FS-1125MFP, so at least the driver 
is not utterly broken (if CUPS on the machine is < 2.4.2 or >= 2.4.4, or 
if OS backported https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/commit/32572321f ).

I've seen some people among CUPS upstream issues using the driver as 
well, but as you said, the only possible way how to know for sure is to 
have the model and try the driver in the real environment.

Best regards,


Zdenek

On 9/3/24 19:12, Solomon Peachy via Gimp-print-devel wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 03, 2024 at 09:37:03AM -0400, gene heskett wrote:
>> Download menu is blocked by a un-bypassaable cookie monster here. I had to
>> accept, now I'll get tons of spam. The printer driver is only a megabyte. so
>> I'm guessing windows actually has a driver it some how downloads and wraps
>> so it runs on linux.
> It's actually a 5MB download, and it contains a set of tarballs that
> each contain a pair of CUPS filters/drivers (ie x86/x86_64), the
> corresponding PPD, and documentation.
>
> (Each of those tarballs is self-contained and for a single language.
> Not sure why they packaged it that way, but whatever)
>
>> Take it back, and get something that actually has linux drivers.
> This printer was first released about a decade ago, targeting
> corporate/managed printer markets, and was discontinued several years
> ago. If this person even purchased it at all, it was most likely from
> from an equipment recycler on an as-is basis.  Either way, "returns" are
> probably not possible.
>
> That said, this printer actually _does_ have native Linux drivers,
> albeit proprietary and only for a couple of architectures. (Oddly enough
> this download wasn't linked off the main support/download page for that
> printer, but that's corporate bitrot for you)
>
> The odds are those drivers will be sufficient.  If not, by far the
> quickest (and cheapest) path forwards will be to find a different
> printer, making sure (in advance) that it has a sufficient level of Linux
> support for their needs.
>
>   - Solomon
>
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Zdenek Dohnal
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