CUPS and IBM Proprinter 2 not getting along

[NoOp]

On 07/20/2007 09:48 AM, cj wrote:
> 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
> 

When you install the printer: System|Administration|Printing|New Printer
you select Driver|IBM|ProPrinterII. Actually the driver should have
already been installed by default.