Ryan Hallman

The Gnome printers utility is frustrating to say the least. The system has the traditional  printer dialog, which can be pulled up by typing the following into the terminal:

system-config-printer

Adding this to the Launcher

I did not want to remember this command for the once in awhile need of adding a printer. So, instead, I created a modified Printer launcher by doing the following:

1. Open up a terminal
2. $ cd /usr/share/applications
3. $ sudo cp gnome-printers-panel.desktop gnome-printers-control.desktop
4. $ sudo nano gnome-printers-control.desktop
5. Make the file look like this:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Printers Configuration
Comment=Change system printer settings
Exec=system-config-printer
Icon=printer
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
# The X-GNOME-Settings-Panel is necessary to show in the main shell UI
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Settings;HardwareSettings;X-GNOME-Settings-Panel;
OnlyShowIn=GNOME;
X-GNOME-Settings-Panel=printers
# Translators: those are keywords for the printing control-center panel
Keywords=Printer;Queue;Print;Paper;Ink;Toner;
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=gnome-control-center-2.0

Now you have a Launcher called Printers Configuration!

Our company wanted to test iFax to see if it was going to be a suitable replacement for RightFax, so our first thought was to load it up into Hyper-V. Failure ensued due to their prepackaged ISO not having the right drivers to get the installer going in Hyper-V.

These instructions might be useful if you’re looking to get test iFax’s software. Disclaimer: I have no idea how to get a Brooktrout card working in a virtual environment, so if you need to test that aspect of it, you might be better off getting some cheap hardware (something we ended up doing anyway).

To get iFax up and running in Hyper-V: Continue reading “Notes on Installing iFax in Hyper-V 2012”