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 <div class="gmail_quote">2008/10/30 David Ryder <<a href="mailto:davaweb@bigpond.net.au">davaweb@bigpond.net.au</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">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 </div></div>Thanks very much for the guide, Andre. Unfortunately, in "Still in <div class="Ih2E3d">Writer, go to your printer settings (File, Printer Settings), select the printer and open "Properties" to specify "Paper Size" to "Envelope </div>DL" ..." DL is not listed! My only choices in the File>Printer Settings are: Letter Legal Executive A5 B5 A4. <div class="Ih2E3d"> In "Writer go to "Format" and then "Page".  Under "Paper format", </div>"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 </blockquote></div>