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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

Philippe Delteil
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Кристиян Кацаров
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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

Philippe Delteil
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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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