Setting up a Printer....

[Anne Wilson]

On Sunday 03 December 2006 09:26, gary wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-12-03 at 04:58 -0400, Ted Gervais wrote:
> > ON a new FC6 installation I am trying to get my printer going. It is a
> > Deskjet 895Cxi.  And the default installation shows no signs of working.
> >
> > I am trying to use 'system-config-printer' to get things going and am
> > wondering if that is the only tool available or is there something else.
> >
> > So far I have no luck in getting the printer to come to life..
>
>  I have exactly the same printer on  fc5 - with no problem but I recall
> sometime back not being able to get it going with usb. If you're using
> usb try the parallel hookup instead.     ------gary

If there *is* a usb problem, think about where it is plugged in.  I say this 
because my deskjet990 would not install, even under windows, if I plugged it 
into a hub.  It had to be plugged in to the primary backplate usb connector 
to work.

Anne
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