[ubuntu] Re: HP-722C Printer not working

[Gary R. James]

When I run the command below, I get an error saying the
package cannot be found. I tried an update but that did not
help.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

grj


On Sat, Oct 02, 2004 at 05:48:33PM -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> 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.
> 
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