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Кристиян Кацаров
Asked: 2019-04-05 23:40:21 +0800 CST

Setting up Toshiba e-Studio 5005AC on 18.04?

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Just got into a new office, where there are two printers: 4505ac and 5005ac from Toshiba. There are no drivers available (in the database) for these models. Also I need to enter a department code somewhere?

On a previous version of Ubuntu, it is quite possible to setup a Toshiba e studio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh6nL4oVVHQ

On the official website with drivers - http://business.toshiba.com/support/downloads/index.html?model=5005ac it says there are Linux Filter Color drivers, which I honestly do not know how to install: Toshiba

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  1. Best Answer

    In order to solve your problem, you need to follow these steps:

    1. Download a CUPS filter, any of these two options:

    First download link is this one, and the second is this one.

    1. Decompress the tar files using the following command:
    tar xvf TOSHIBA_ColorMFP_CUPS.tar --absolute-names
    1. Create queue (manually)

    a. Enter the following command:

    ls /opt/toshiba/tap/interface

    b. If the above directory does not exist, enter the following command:

    mkdir /opt/toshiba/tap/interface

    c. Log on to the root account. 

    sudo su

    d. Open your UNIX/Linux editor. e. Create the following file.

    /opt/toshiba/tap/interface/<queue name>.conf

    f. Add a line as below in the .conf.

    dest=<IP address>

    g. Save the file. h. Enter the following command: Color MFP:

    cp /opt/toshiba/tap/model/net_estcolor /opt/toshiba/tap/interface/<queue name>

    i. Enter the following command:

    /opt/toshiba/tap/bin/modPrintcap -a <queue name> <IP address>

    j. Enter the following command:

    ls /opt/toshiba/tap/bin/flag_<queue name>

    Then you should try to print.

    More info: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2139624

    Official Installation Manual

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  2. Philippe Delteil's solution didn't work for for the CUPS filter. Instead I downloaded the linux.tar filter and followed some of his instructions:

    $ sudo tar xvf linux.tar --absolute-names
$ sudo mkdir -p /opt/toshiba/tap/interface

    Then I did steps 3c through 3i above in Philippe Delteil's instructions and printing worked.

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