[ubuntu-za] Hi from Somerset West

[Sally Davies]

Thanks, Jan. I had also reached that conclusion but luckily I can get round
the problem without having to buy a new printer just yet! At least I save
time not scratching around any more.

Sally D

On 1/19/06, Jan Groenewald <jan at aims.ac.za> wrote:
>
> Hi Sally
>
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 11:40:22PM +0200, Sally Davies wrote:
> >    I just joined the list b/c I'm an utter newbie who's just got
> organised
> >    with Linux today. Now I'm battling to get my printer to work with
> Ubuntu.
> >    It's a Canon Pixma iP1000. Any suggestions? Other than emailing
> documents
> >    to myself, booting Windows etc etc?
> >    I'm not likely to participate much having little of any worth to say
> on
> >    any technical matter but if no one minds I'll hand around for a while
> and
> >    see if I'm capable of learning anything.
>
> If you say what you've tried and what happend we can give more specific
> advice.
>
> The menu
>         System
>         Administration
>         Printing
>
> is where you set up printers.
>
> BTW, A good place to see your printer support in linux is
> http://www.linuxprinting.org
> I don't see the printer yo mention there at all. Not under Canon, and
> there is no Pixma section. Not good news. The real name might be
> BJ-something?
>
> The best place to look for general Ubuntu help is the Ubuntu wiki (and
> then this mailing list).
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com
> https://wiki.edubuntu.org/UserDocumentation
> I searched for printer and found this:
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsPrinters/PIXMA?highlight=%28printer%29
> It looks long but the instructions are good. If you are feeling brave
> try it. Otherwise get a supported printer (check the first link above
> first). Post back here if you get stuck. However the canon site shows
> no driver; more than that I don't have time to look for.
> ftp://download.canon.jp/pub/driver/bj/linux/
>
> I just googled as well for "canon pixma ip1000 linux" and found this:
> http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/hardware/printers/0,39001757,39074121p,00.htm
>
> Doesn't look good, sorry (complain to Canon, not Linux!)
>
> regards,
> Jan
>
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