How to configure printer in Kubuntu 8.10

[Ignazio Palmisano]

Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Sunday 23 November 2008, Wulfy wrote:
>> Eberhard Roloff wrote:
>>> Wulfy wrote:
>>>> David McGlone wrote:
>>>>> Do you have an HP printer? if so you can use HP printer toolbox, if not
>>>>> use the cups web interface.
>>>> Thanks, David...
>>>>
>>>> I tried hp-setup but it can't find my printer!!!  I'm totally confused
>>>> now.
>>> I wonder, that since 11 mails, you did not mention what printer you have
>>> and how it is connected to your machine. And nobody asked....
>>>
>>> regards
>>> Eberhard
>> HP DeskJet 420.  Parallel port...  I know it should be in a museum...  :@)
>>
> If it is still working, yes it should be displayed proudly, cuz its an 
> exception to the genre.  Most of those had parts falling out or breaking by 
> the time they were on their tenth ream of paper and second ink cartridges.
> 

True, mine broke one of the supports for the small axle on which the 
head goes back and forth. By then I was on about the third recharge of 
the cartridge and even the refilling ink was costing something similar 
to the price of a new printer, so when my homemade fixing operation went 
wrong I just stacked it in the garage on top of the case of the original 
computer I bought it with (which was a 486 with 4 megs ram :D back when 
you could still remember most of the 0s and 1s in your hard drive by 
heart...)
I.