Bjc 255sp

[martymas]

i need help with a printer

hi a friend

has ubuntu 7.10 installed

but i cannot get the printer to work

ive tried it on windows and it works ok

ive look in the synaptic packages to see if i need any printer options

but ime not sure what ime looking for other than

cupsy's

from there ime lost

any ideas

marty

[iccaros]

This is a parallel printer right?

see if lp is loaded

sudo lsmod | grep lp

if not then try

sudo modprobe lp

then from a browser enter

localhost:631

and go to printers..

you should be able to add the printer (it will have you log in I think)

also you can try some of these tricks

https://help.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/desktopguid...figuration.html

let me know how that goes..

I will be out of town after tomarrow afternoon, so If I don't get back to you by then, hitest or anyone else should be able to help

i need help with a printer

hi a friend

has ubuntu 7.10 installed

but i cannot get the printer to work

ive tried it on windows and it works ok

ive look in the synaptic packages to see if i need any printer options

but ime not sure what ime looking for other than

cupsy's

from there ime lost

any ideas

marty

[martymas]

This is a parallel printer right?

see if lp is loaded

sudo lsmod | grep lp

if not then try

sudo modprobe lp

then from a browser enter

localhost:631

and go to printers..

you should be able to add the printer (it will have you log in I think)

also you can try some of these tricks

https://help.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/desktopguid...figuration.html

let me know how that goes..

I will be out of town after tomarrow afternoon, so If I don't get back to you by then, hitest or anyone else should be able to help

i need help with a printer

hi a friend

has ubuntu 7.10 installed

but i cannot get the printer to work

ive tried it on windows and it works ok

ive look in the synaptic packages to see if i need any printer options

but ime not sure what ime looking for other than

cupsy's

from there ime lost

any ideas

marty

thanks

ive only just got to the thread

ime having health problems

but i will try it

he lives some miles from me so i need to ring

yes ile try that then i will get back yo the thread

again thanks

ps ive just introduced him to ubuntu

and i dont want him to turn off because of a printer

[hitest]

Hey Marty,

According to the site openprinting.org, that printer, the bjc 255sp is Linux compliant and should work perfectly with Linux. Found this link:

http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?r...Canon-BJC-255SP

Did you try to go into the Administration section and add a printer in Ubuntu?

[martymas]

thanks hi test

ime on a course of predinesone and anti biotics

so i cant move around a lot

to get the printer operationalbut as soon as i get well enough ile get onto it and i will post back

i have a compt here with kubuntu

and it saw that printer

and configured it in

but ive nevr been able to get ubuntu working with the printer

\

ps

this dam

cd 8.4 i cant get it to load

at the end of the install the mouse freezes and i have to start all over again

at the moment i have

up graded from 7.10 to 8.4

and that is the only way i can get it on

but the upgrade takes 4.1/2hrs

buggered if i know what ime doing wrong

i think the sys is buggy [it says a missing file]

i read where someone else had the some problems

on another board

unless my cd rom is faulty

but it loads windows ok

any tips

[martymas]

ok happy to say i have the printer

working on ubuntu 7.10

i was using the wrong driver

ubuntu located it and recommended it

and it works great

now i have to come to grips with ubuntu

8.4

i just read the help files on the disk

and it says i can install with in the windows

set up so ime off to try that

so far so good

ile report back later

marty

[hitest]

ok happy to say i have the printer

working on ubuntu 7.10

i was using the wrong driver

ubuntu located it and recommended it

and it works great

now i have to come to grips with ubuntu

8.4

i just read the help files on the disk

and it says i can install with in the windows

set up so ime off to try that

so far so good

ile report back later

marty

Great to hear you got your printer working, marty:-) Ubuntu 8.04 has exceptional hardware detection; I'm running 8.04 on one unit at work.

For your information, marty, you can use the ubuntu 8.04 CD to check-out your computer before you install it to your hard drive. Boot into live mode (the top choice) then you can see if your sound card, video card, network card and printer works with 8.04 before you install. If everything checks out then install 8.04.

[martymas]

THANKS HI TEST

i tried it on a test machine

and it imstalled ok but every now and then the sys froze

tho it was operational when i rebooted

but bloosy annoying when i had to reboot

yes you cauld be right on with compatable hard ware

ive just installed

a version of visat on one of these machines

and ubuntu is by far the better

other than this 8.4

which ile work on

my opinion is microsoft has mad a hash of vista

so hopefully ubuntu can capitalise on that

marty

[hitest]

my opinion is microsoft has mad a hash of vista

so hopefully ubuntu can capitalise on that

marty

Agreed.

I think that MS provided a good marketing opportunity for alternative operating systems with Vista's roll-out. I think that Apple and Linux will continue to benefit from Vista's less than enthusiastic reception.

[martymas]

as ime not familiar with apple

i cannot comment

but in regards to

linux

as i use it more

i found other than windows xppro

it is by far the better product

one of the earlier problems

users who accessed wondows

found linux another dimention

and like my self

i found it very hard to get away from the

wondows concept

now i promote linux to every one in my earea

ive got disks from shipit and given them away to the not so linux

gurus

[tho 8.4 ]has me gnashing my teeth

no ime dissappointed with this version of visat

but ime ony paying for what i can afford

marty