
Open a terminal window and run the command 'cd /opt/Xerox/prtsys' then run. It creates a /opt/Xerox directory containing an installation program and drivers.

Go to the Xerox driver download page and choose either the rpm file if you're running a version of RedHat and clones, or the deb file if you're running ubuntu. All the AltaLink and VersaLink models we have use the same driver download package. The first step is to download the driver.

This web page has instructions on how to print to these printers from a computer running the Linux operating system.

Quitelnsane is a GUI for SANE ( Scanner Access Now Easy) and you can use it with GIMP to scan documents and easily edit them before saving them in your preferred format.The Electrical and Computer Engineering department has a number of Xerox printers that are leased through the University. You read that right, GIMP is capable of working with your scanning device, all you need to do is install Quitelnsane. Simple Scan is the default scanner app on many Linux distros including the GNOME desktop so you should check it out. It allows you to scan documents at the click of a button, rotate and/or crop your scan, and save it as JPG, PNG, or PDF.īy default, it uses 300dpi for photos and 150dpi for text – settings you can edit in its preferences menu. Simple Scan is a lightweight Scanner utility with a handful of editing features. Gscan2pdf also features OCR ( Optical Character Recognition) and many features that accessible from the terminal if you want more functionality. It is compatible with virtually all Linux distros and offers several editing features like extracted embedded images in PDFs, rotate, sharpens images, select pages to scan, select side to scan, resolution colour mode etc. Gscan2pdf is a GUI app that lets you scan documents and save them as PDF and DjVu files.
