[wellylug] Ubuntu add printer

[Jethro Carr]

On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 10:48 +1200, Persian wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> Is there a really simple way to add a new printer with Ubuntu please.
> (When I say easy it means it only involves clicking on things
> and really simple instructions).
> I have a crappy old Epson and yesterday someone gave me a nice Canon
> LBP810. I thought I could just plug it in and it would work. Wrong.
> 
> I clicked on System, then Administration, then Printing.
> It detected the new attached printer and called it Canon LBP-801
> and on the Driver Tab it said install the driver, the recommended
> one is cjet and the other choice is lbp8. However when I click on
> the Install Driver button, which has a graphic of a CD on that button, it just opens
> my home dir and says 'Select a PDD file' I have no idea what that is.

hi Lyndsay,

you don't click on the "Install Driver" button - that's just to install
an alternate driver from another source.

You already have the choice of cjet or lbp8. Since cjet is the
recommended one, just go ahead with that. There should be a next button
or something similar to proceed with the setup.

cheers,
-- 
Jethro Carr

www.jethrocarr.com
www.jethrocarr.com/index.php?cms=blog

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