Two instances of the same printer?
David Ryder
davaweb at bigpond.net.au
Thu Oct 30 01:48:27 GMT 2008
Yes - it is, I will :-)
But then I need to research which HP is equivalent to the LB3000 and has
a native Ubuntu driver and is about the same cost .... <sigh>
Many thanks for your help.
David
On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 09:21 +1100, Andre Mangan wrote:
> Sorry to read that your Canon printer cannot print envelopes in
> Ubuntu.
>
> The Canon LBP 3000 is listed as having limited functionality in Linux
> (see Linuxprinting.org).
>
> <hint>
> I have 3 Hewlett Packard printers and all of them are fully functional
> in Ubuntu.
> </hint>
>
> Although seemingly a rather drastic suggestion, when your ink or toner
> runs out, consider replacing your printer. Often, the cost of ink or
> toner are close to the negotiable replacement cost of the whole
> machine.
>
> Cheers,
> Andre
>
>
>
>
> 2008/10/30 David Ryder <davaweb at bigpond.net.au>
>
> On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 07:58 +1100, Andre Mangan wrote:
> > Hello David,
> >
> > Here is the good oil on how I printed an envelope (I
> repeated it this
> > morning):
> >
> > In Writer go to "Format" and then "Page". Under "Paper
> format",
> > "Format", select "DL" and for "Orientation", select
> "Landscape".
> > Leave "Paper Tray" set to "From Printer Settings". Click
> "OK".
> >
> > Still in Writer, go to your printer settings (File, Printer
> Settings),
> > select the printer and open "Properties" to specify "Paper
> Size" to
> > "Envelope DL" and set "Orientation" to "Landscape". Press
> "OK" to
> > close the screen and "OK" to close the next screen.
> >
> > Insert an envelope and press print.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Andre
>
> Thanks very much for the guide, Andre. Unfortunately, in
> "Still in
> Writer, go to your printer settings (File, Printer Settings),
> select the
> printer and open "Properties" to specify "Paper Size" to
> "Envelope
>
> DL" ..." DL is not listed! My only choices in the File>Printer
> Settings
> are:
> Letter
> Legal
> Executive
> A5
> B5
> A4.
>
> In "Writer go to "Format" and then "Page". Under "Paper
> format",
>
> "Format", select "DL", DL _is_ an available choice. Selecting
> Landscape
> is not a problem but the printer / driver / CUPS(?) ignores
> the choice
> and does not rotate the text.
>
> I know the printer accepts DL envelopes from Writer in
> Windows, even a
> choice of how the printer wants the envelope to feed. But not
> in Ubuntu
> or perhaps it is the driver? Or CUPS?
>
> best regards,
> David
>
>
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