Re: [tlug] Printer

["Gernot Hassenpflug" <aikishugyo@example.com>]

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...",

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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