Printing in Ubuntu 8.04
Rob
robfleet at ix.netcom.com
Sun Sep 28 10:46:23 UTC 2008
steve wrote:
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> Rob wrote:
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>> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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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> Steve Reilly
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I had/have already set it up and it is reflected as
"Deskjet_6940_series". This was autodetected and set up during
installation. However, just in case something got ignored during
installation, I have gone through the steps you elaborate above and now
have it reflected again as "Deskjet_6940_series2". Even though I have
both of them "set up" neither will print. Any suggestions as to what's
next?
Thanks,
Rob
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