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Installing an All-in-One Printer Device in Debian

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Web Webster
Web Webster
May 8, 2008

[ Thanks to steve
hill
for this link. ]

“Recently I had cause to buy a scanner. Being in a reasonably
small home I was eager to save on desk-space, and so decided to
upgrade my aging inkjet printer at the same time. Having looked
around I eventually went for an HP Photosmart C5180 device. This is
my experience of installing it on Debian Lenny.

“The C5180 is a scanner/ink jet printer with six-ink photo
quality printout and the ability to print direct from various types
of media card. It comes with a USB 2.0 and Ethernet RJ-45 socket as
well. Either would have suited me and, in fact, I will eventually
stick it on my home network…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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