On Thursday 14 Nov 2002 11:51 pm, Aaron wrote: > I have been using MD 9.0 without a printer because I have no idea how to > get mine working. One of the reasons I choose MD 9.0 was because of its > improved usb support. > > When I installed the distribution it correctly found my printer and set > it up as a usb device. It did a few steps and then choose a driver. > > It unfortunately didn't work. > The problem I am having is how to debug whats wrong. > 1. Is it a usb problem? > 2. Is it a problem of the printing system cups et al.? > 3. Is it a driver problem?? > > I saw that there were updates for the printing system and drivers I > installed them but I don't see anywhere a driver specific to my printer. > > THE QUESTION IS WHERE DO I START?! > > Thanks in advance, > Aaron
You start off by visiting www.linuxprinting.org where you will see your printer is supported by the hpijs driver http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-DeskJet_3420 You then open Mandrake control Centre>Hardware>Printer It will automatically install required software including updates (if you are online), (this may take a while since the updates are quite large) Select the printing system to be CUPS, and hpijs as the driver. Print the test page, and it should be done. derek
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