Got It Working

[martymas]

recently

i bought this printer

a cannon color bjc-255sp

i can get windows to reconise it

to print a test page

but kubuntu

dosent not recognise it

what am i doing wrong

ive just bought a new cartridge

but it is a black and white

and not color

does any one think this is the problem

thanks

marty

Edited October 13, 2007 by martymas

[iccaros]

did you choose LPT #1 as your parallel port in setting it up, remember that a parallel port is not plug-n-plan. windows sees the printer because you installed the driver.

[hitest]

did you choose LPT #1 as your parallel port in setting it up, remember that a parallel port is not plug-n-plan. windows sees the printer because you installed the driver.

Also, further to what iccaros said I went to linuxprinting.org and your printer is linux compatible, marty. It should work just fine with your unit.

[martymas]

sorry team

i still cant get it to print a test page

my printer does every thing but

print the final page

is there some softwaqre package i need to get it to work

ive tried all your suggestions

the sys says it dosent recognise

the printer

but to try lpd1

which i tried

i even tried all the port options

my printer goes through the setup motions

then stops there

my printer light keeps blinking

thanks

your replys are appreciated

mnarty

[martymas]

well i got the printer working

but through

a fluke

tonight i disconnected all my

connections so i could

use an 8 plug safety box

wel when i connected every thing up

i configured the broad band my scanner

and the printer

and bugger me it printered a test page

i tried it twice

and both times it worked

i havent a clue why other than

i down loaded printer

updates

or the connections wernt fitted properly

i got so dam excited

i started

laughing and yahooing

thet my next door neigbors

rang and asked if i was ok

chriky i was pleased

the sys was recommending a certain

driver

but i used the

name and number on the printer

and it worked

marty

Edited October 13, 2007 by martymas

[shanenin]

Even if it was a fluke, it still feels good :-)

[hitest]

Congratulations, marty!!! Glad you got it working. Hey, a fluke is good. Right on, man.

[martymas]

thanks team

geez i feel pleased

now i need to configure slackware

now i have the printer in operation

i can print out the info

tho ime still at grips with this

partition thing

and i havent found any info on how to

partition the hdd

i have this spare hdd

so i can use it to try and work it out

there are old compts

cluttering up my house

so i have plenty of marterial to work on

hi-test

i installed ubuntu

and i found an up grade

didnt have a clue what it meant

so i pressed upgrade

now i have ubuntu and kubuntu

on the same sys

is this normal

it isnt a problem

actually it is a challenge

marty