CUPS and IBM Proprinter 2 not getting along

cj debiani386 at gmail.com
Fri Jul 20 16:48:49 UTC 2007


NoOp wrote:
> On 07/19/2007 06:54 PM, NoOp wrote:
>   
>> On 07/19/2007 06:38 PM, cj wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> Im trying to setup my proprinter 2 (i dont think my canon ip1500 is 
>>> compatible) and, according to ubuntu, CUPS is the only thing that it 
>>> will work with.
>>>
>>> So i set it up with CUPS and print a test page, and it prints garbage. 
>>> So i tried RAW printer, still prints garbage (but atleast it in english 
>>> :P ). I tried the different ones listed other then cups, but they didnt 
>>> seem to work either
>>>
>>> should i submit this as a bugreport or is there a way around this?
>>>
>>> --cj
>>>
>>>       
>> Is it a IBM Proprinter 2 or a Canon ip1500? You mention two printers.
>>
>>
>>     
>
> If it's the proprinter:
> http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=IBM-ProPrinterII
>
>
>   
ok now that i have the ppd file downloaded (if i downloaded the right 
file, it was the only file they listed), how do i install it?

--cj




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