CUPS and IBM Proprinter 2 not getting along

[cj]

NoOp wrote:
> 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.
>
>
>   
well the driver was present, but when i went to print a test page, it 
printed random characters, nothing really readable

--cj