Can't print (version 7.10 - Gutsy Gibbon) to a printer connected locally

[NoOp]

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