Printing in Ubuntu 8.04
Rob
robfleet at ix.netcom.com
Sun Sep 28 16:40:46 UTC 2008
Karl Larsen wrote:
> Rob wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
> How about a clue as to the computer your using and the printer type
> and name, how the printer is attached to the computer will help.
>
> As for printing I have had more trouble getting my wifes printer to
> work in Windows. My Made in China Laser Printer works just great with
> Ubuntu. No Problems of any sort.
>
> Karl
>
>
>
1. IBM/Lenovo A61 Tower configured to dual boot with XP. Printer is
connected via USB and works in XP. Anything else you need to know?
Rob
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