[xubuntu-users] make printer work

[Thomas Blasejewicz]

Good evening
I am sure, this is just some sort of setting.

I tried on a Mint 17 Cinnamon 64-bit installed on Dell Optiplex 745 desktop machine
AND a notebook PC running a variant (tuxtrans) of xubuntu 14.04
to add a printer (first time ever that I added a printer to any of my Linux machines).
>From menu: add printer.

* wait for the search for a driver
* followed all "recommended" choices for the Ricoh Ipsio SP 4000 printer I have.
* selected printer shows up with a green check mark in printer box.
* when select: "print test page", the screen temporarily shows
"printing" -> then "printing completed"
* HOWEVER, the printer "did not move a muscle".
* or when trying to print a LibreOffice document, the file name appears
together with the "printing"

Opening the view print queue shows briefly the job, status saying:
"sending data to printer", shortly after that: "finished".
No errors are ever displayed.

Yet, the printer does not do anything.
Running troubleshooting from within the printer setting shows "no solution".

The printer is connected via a USB cable and works just finem, when plugged into a Windows machine
sitting next the Linux machine, using the same cable.

  Where do I have to change what to make the printer work?

  Thank you.
Thomas


(I am afraid, I do have still more questions)