Printing with Canon Pixma iP1800 on Fedora Core 7

[Kevin Martin]

Valentina M wrote:
> xD Here it goes, lpstat -t says:
>
> scheduler is running
> system default destination: iP1800_Ver.2.70
> device for EPSONLX300: parallel:/dev/lp0
> device for iP1800_series: usb://Canon/iP1800%20series
> device for iP1800_Ver.2.70: cnij_usb:/dev/usb/lp0
> device for pruebaip4000: usb://Canon/iP1800%20series
> EPSONLX300 accepting requests since Wed Jul 18 20:14:59 2007
> iP1800_series accepting requests since Sat Jul 12 20:01:23 2008
> iP1800_Ver.2.70 accepting requests since Tue Jul 15 12:16:01 2008
> pruebaip4000 accepting requests since Sat Jul 12 20:25:01 2008
> printer EPSONLX300 is idle.  enabled since Wed Jul 18 20:14:59 2007
> printer iP1800_series is idle.  enabled since Sat Jul 12 20:01:23 2008
> printer iP1800_Ver.2.70 is idle.  enabled since Tue Jul 15 12:16:01 2008
> printer pruebaip4000 is idle.  enabled since Sat Jul 12 20:25:01 2008
>
>
> And my first mail, just in case was the following:
>
> Hi, I have a printer Canon Pixma iP1800 and I want to print on Linux. 
> I installed the following packages:
> #yum localinstall –nogpgcheck cnijfilter-common-2.70-1.i386.rpm 
> <http://www.canon.com.au/products/printers/colour_bj_printers/ip1800_support.aspx>
> # yum localinstall –nogpgcheck cnijfilter-ip1800series-2.70-1.i386.rpm 
> <http://www.canon.com.au/products/printers/colour_bj_printers/ip1800_support.aspx>
>
> They worked, the printer seems to be recognized (Im not sure) but it 
> won't print. When I send work to print "Fedora" doesnt report any 
> problem but the printer doesnt make a thing.
>
> Does any1 know how I can fix that? If that is so, plz I would like to 
> get some instructions, since I'm new on Linux.
> Thank u,
> Valentina
>
>
Can you print as root?

Kevin