Printing in Ubuntu 8.04

[steve]

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Rob wrote:
> Many thanks.  However, I see no instructions for installing/configuring, 
> etc...
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> Rob
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> steve wrote:
> Rob wrote:
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>>>> Greetings all,
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone shed any light on why printing seems to be such rocket 
>>>> science with Linux?  I have been using Linux for a good number of years, 
>>>> beginning with much earlier versions of Red Hat, then Mandrake and 
>>>> finally now, Ubuntu 8.04.  I have always had problems with printing and 
>>>> once again with Ubuntu, I am not able to print.  I have 5 documents in 
>>>> queue to print but they are not printing.  Not sure what else I can add 
>>>> to a description of this problem other than in the Document Print Status 
>>>> box, my printer is correctly identified as an HP Deskjet 6940...
>>>>
>>>> Any clues would be welcome.
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks,
>>>> Rob
>>>>
>>>>     
> http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-DeskJet_6940
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> should work fine with the ppd from HP, see the bottom of this page.
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hi, thought you already had it set up, just wouldnt print.

connect printer and turn on, then go to system> admin> printing> choose
new printer . if it doesnt already detect your printer then choose the
type of printer from the list on left  ipp, parallel, etc. follow
instructions from there on. self exclamatory.

matter of a couple clicks and youll be printing....... a good portion of
hp printers ive encountered are linux compatible, including yours.



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