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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