Re: [tlug] Printer

[Nick Bikkal <nickbikkal@example.com>]

Gernot,


Thank you for the tip. It didn't work but I keep on trying. I finally
got Google Earth installed and working on Ubuntu. It's a step in the
right direction, I guess.


Nick





Gernot Hassenpflug wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Nick Bikkal <nickbikkal@example.com> wrote:
>   
>> I run both XP and Ubuntu on my PC. I can print from XP but not from
>> Ubuntu.
>>
>> Page 1 (Choose printer):
>> {'cups_dest': <cups.Dest object at 0x86fd340>,
>>  'cups_instance': None,
>>  'cups_queue': 'LBP3000',
>>  'cups_queue_listed': True}
>> Page 2 (Check printer sanity):
>> {'cups_device_uri_scheme': u'lpd',
>>  'cups_printer_dict': {'device-uri': u'lpd://localhost',
>>                       'printer-info': u'Canon LBP3000',
>>                       'printer-is-shared': True,
>>                       'printer-location': u'',
>>                       'printer-make-and-model': u'Canon LBP-1760
>> Foomatic/pxlmono (recommended)',
>>                       'printer-state': 4,
>>                       'printer-state-message': u"recoverable: Network
>> host 'localhost' is busy; will retry in 30 seconds...",
>>     
>
> /../
>
> Whenever I get such an error it suggests to me that the driver is
> incorrect. The openprinting database recommends the Canon proprietary
> CAPT driver:
>
> http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Canon-LBP3000
>
> which supports Linux:
>
> http://www.canon.com.au/products/printers/laser_printers_low_medium_volume/lbp3000.aspx
>
> There's a thread on the Ubuntu forums a few pages long:
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=134937
>
> Regards, Gernot
>
>