Can't print (version 7.10 - Gutsy Gibbon) to a printer connected locally
NoOp
glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Mon Nov 12 05:26:24 UTC 2007
On 11/11/2007 07:37 PM, Scott Kaplan wrote:
> I apologize in advance for the newbie question. I am very new to
> Unbuntu and linux. I installed Ubuntu yesterday and everything works
> great except for printing. The only documentation I could find for
> how to set up a printer in Ubuntu is in version 7.4. From some
> documentation I found online it sounded like the Printer Configuration
> dialog is new in 7.10.
>
> I am trying to print to my Lexmark x7350. It is connected directly to
> my Ubuntu box via USB
>
> Here are the steps I tried:
> System->Administration->Printing
> The Printer configuration - localhost dialog showed the following information:
> Description: Lexmark 7300 Series
> Location: <blank>
> Device URI: usb://Lexmark/%207300%20Series
> Make and Model: Lexmark 7000 Foomatic/lex7000 (recommended)
> Printer State: idle
> Default Printer: This is the default printer
>
> I clicked the Print Test Page button and I got a popup:Submitted -
> Test page submitted as job 1. I clicked OK to this.
>
> Unfortunately nothing ever printed. I also tried to print from an
> Open Office doc - no luck.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Scott
>
Lexmark printers can be a problem. Go here and download:
And the Lexmark driver:
<http://downloads.lexmark.com/cgi-perl/downloads.cgi?category=Drivers&ccs=229:1:0:366:0:0&searchLang=en&os_group=Debian%20GNU>
[http://preview.tinyurl.com/39q8wo]
Drivers
print-drivers-linux-glibc2-x86.deb Version 5.3.3
Driver for Debian and Linspire Linux Systems
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