My printer driver is detected and the scanner is working but the printer is not working

user1394453

12/16/22, 10:36 PM

I have recently migrated from windows 10 to ubuntu 21.04, I am new to linux but I migrated here because I wanted a more secure and privacy oriented operating system. It has been a smooth experience so far, every thing is working fine, I am all set up except for the printer. My printer is RICHO SP 112SU it has been working fine on windows, Here is the windows driver https://support.ricoh.com/bb/html/dr_ut_e/re1/model/sp112su/sp112su.htm

I tried multiple online solutions that I will list bellow:

1- Installing the printer again myself from the printers manger in settings, and it didn't work, but the printer gave a sound as if it was going to print but it didn't.

2- I tried this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDT1A6q_RFk and it didn't work and did ruined some thing in the system, things started to lag and become unstable and the printers section in the settings gave a message that printer services is not available right now and I had to re install the whole system again to get things back to normal.

Now I don't really know what to do and I don't want to follow online tutorials that might mess up with my system again without knowing what am I doing.

Please give me a detailed guide as I am really new to this, Thanks a lot.

Also I have another question, Is it possible if there was no viable solution to install windows inside a VM and print from it when I need to, even though it's not the most convenient solution but is it possible ?

Thanks

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David

12/17/22, 7:12 AM

One question per question. If you have already messed up the system I would suggest reinstall from scratch before trying to add the printer again.

user1394453

12/17/22, 10:53 AM

Thanks for your reply, I have already reinstalled it and its working fine now but the printer is still not working

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EN: My printer driver is detected and the scanner is working but the printer is not working

TH: ตรวจพบไดรเวอร์เครื่องพิมพ์ของฉันและสแกนเนอร์ทำงาน แต่เครื่องพิมพ์ไม่ทำงาน

RO: Driverul meu de imprimantă este detectat și scanerul funcționează, dar imprimanta nu funcționează

RU: Драйвер моего принтера обнаружен, и сканер работает, но принтер не работает

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