HP-722C Printer not working

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Sat, Oct 02, 2004 at 02:18:23PM -0400, Gary R. James wrote:

> I have an HP-722C printer connected to my Ubuntu desktop via parallel
> port. I installed it using the gnome print wizard. It shows it is ready
> with 0 jobs. The pnmppa driver is selected.
> 
> It will not print a test page or from any applications.

You need to install the "pnm2ppa" package:

sudo aptitude install pnm2ppa

We had a discussion about adding this package to the default desktop
install:

http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2004-September/000057.html

and there seemed to be no objections, but it never quite made it onto the
list. :-)

I've added it now, so new installs from tomorrow's daily CD or later should
get it by default.

-- 
 - mdz