printer driver 64bit

[Lucio M Nicolosi]

On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 6:52 AM, Rein <reica at reicamann.net> wrote:
> Lucio M Nicolosi <lmnicolosi <at> gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> Since Dell has a .deb 386 driver, have you checked with them for the
>> availability or need for a 64 driver?
>>
> Yes, I've a 32bit version of Ubuntu 10.04 running with the dell printer driver,
> but that's the only driver they have.

In this case you can either stick with the i386 OS using PAE, in case
your RAM memory is much more than 4 Gb or, on a AMD64, run an i386
instance under VirtualBox or VMWare and install the printer driver in
it (which might be a nuisance but it is the way I use the scanner part
of an stubborn Epson combo nearby, that demands Windows OS).

Perhaps you could check what in the printer works in a AMD64
environment with a standard CUPS driver (if is a combo, probably not
much).

Since Dell has to provide drivers for Windows 64 OS, I guess it is
just a matter of time (perhaps a long time) before a Linux 64 release.

Good luck,

L.

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Lucio M. Nicolosi, Eng.
Open Source Platform Implementation
System and Applications
GNU/Linux - Ubuntu