[juneau-lug] Linux advice for newcomer

  • From: Larry Hurlock <larrynorte@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Juneau Linux_Users <juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:51:57 -0800 (PST)

Am new to Linux.  Installed Kubuntu 9.04 and satified with progress to date.  I 
have a working system, but would like some tips:
1.  What is the best media player combination to view/listen to CD's and 
DVD's?  To burn same?  What is best way to install these, SynapticMgr or 
PackageKit?

2.  My Epson Perfection 1240 scanner (which ran beautifully under my old 
system, Win98 running under Dell 700Mhz machine w/256 RAM) will work using 
xscanimage, but marginally.  Xscanimage seems a limited graphical interface, 
and I have tried all combination of settings.  Xscanimage identifies the 
scanner correctly, and it scans quickly enough.  But even viewed on the screen 
using the GIMP image editor which came with Kubuntu, the output seem light and 
ragged.  Of course the machine came with a complete set of Windows programs to 
run it, and I do not expect the same functionality with Linux.

Final printed output is tolerable if I jump to 600 dpi scan and then a 600 dpi 
printout -- through the GIMP image editor.  However the fonts printing out to 
the HP 1150 printer are ragged, even when dark enough.

Have identified the printer to the system, but printing through GIMP seems to 
do little more than get the printer to act in the most simplistic default ways. 
Must confess that I am don't  know enough to even guess why the same 
scanner/printer worked so well until now.  True, my knowledge of fonts, 
PostScript, etc is zip.

If anyone can help with any of the above, would be appreciated.  Guesses are 
fine, and more detailed background info will be supplied immediately if needed.

Thanks,

Larry Hurlock

PS:  The printer does fine printing from the Internet. 

Hardware:  Dell 360 (2004 vintage) -- 2.8, 1G, 80G.  Epson 1240 Scanner.  HP 
1150 Printer.  HP dvd 1270 24x Multiformat Writer.
Software:  Kubuntu 9.04








      
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