[Warty] - Printer drivers and installation - Linz

[Lindsay]

My printer did not appear in the list so I could not install.  I am
going to have to find a linux driver and download, save somewhere?   and
then hopefully it will be on the list.  
I went to Canon site but no drivers there and typing 'Linux drivers' in
Google really didn't help either.

On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 21:13 -0400, Michael R Head wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 11:24 +1200, Lindsay wrote: 
> > Below is a note from a friend on a Windows PC helpers list that has just
> > installed Ubuntu Warty.   Both he and I are having trouble getting our
> > PC's to share printers on our home networks.  Finding drivers and then
> > how& where  to install them.  His problemsd below.  My printer is a
> > Canon MPC190.  Any suggestions please?
> 
> So the printer is served by a windows machine, and it's working there?
> 
> If so, then did you do "Desktop/Administration/Printing" (I think
> that's the right way to get the gnome-cups-manager in warty)? I've
> never had a problem accessing a windows-shared printer by doing "New
> Printer" to get the "Add a Printer" wizard. Select "Network Printer"
> and "Windows Printer (SMB)". Type in the windows hostname and the
> printer name, then click "Forward". Select the Manufacturer of the
> printer and the model name. Then just click "Apply". 
> 
> Your printer should appear in your "Printers" window. Right
> click/Properties it, and try to print a test page.
> 
> I don't think that has failed for me.
> 
> -- 
> Michael R Head <burner at suppressingfire.org>
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