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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