Canon LBP 2900 installing in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

[Shali 9846303531]

Hi all,

I am in a big trouble, i can configure canon LBP2900  with the given help,
but when i shared the printer with one or two pc its not working it showing
error message like,

shali at ServerAdminsPC:~$ captstatusui -P LBP2900
*** captstatusui Socket Error ***
 and when i restart CCPD
and checked status then its showing , "communication error" and when i
turned on/OFF the printer or usb cable plug/unplug it will start printing
is there any solution???


On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Phil Dobbin <bukowskiscat at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 11/21/2012 12:22 PM, Shali 9846303531 wrote:
>
> > Thank you very much !!!!! its working fine
>
> Great stuff. I'm glad I could help :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
>   Phil...
>
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Phil Dobbin <bukowskiscat at gmail.com
> > <mailto:bukowskiscat at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     On 11/21/2012 03:49 AM, Shali 9846303531 <tel:9846303531> wrote:
> >
> >     > Dear All,
> >     >
> >     > We are using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS in our labs , now we are planning to
> >     > switching some windows PCs ( faculty and office people) to Ubuntu.
> >     > Now the problem is we are using Canon LBP 2900 in all office and
> >     faculty
> >     > rooms. i cant find any proper documentation for configuring
> it.please
> >     > guide me in the proper way.
> >
> >     In the past, I've found the best, surefire way of adding printers is
> to
> >     deal directly with CUPS itself via <http://localhost:631>
> >
> >     You just add the printer(s) you want to share over the network to the
> >     network option in admin & more often than not, all Linux boxes,
> assuming
> >     they're joined to your LAN, will automatically pick the printer(s)
> up.
> >     You'll generally find the printer drivers you need via Gutenberg in
> >     CUPS.
> >
> >     I'd advise avoiding the Printers option in  Gnome/Unity's Settings
> like
> >     the plague. IME, it causes more problems than it's worth.
>
>
> --
> currently (ab)using
> CentOS 5.8 & 6.3, Debian Squeeze & Wheezy, Fedora Beefy, OS X Snow
> Leopard & Ubuntu Precise & Quantal
>



-- 
Thanks & Regards

Shali.K.R
Server Administrator
Vidya Academy of Science & Technology
Thrissur, Kerala.
Mob:9846303531
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