Canon LBP 2900 drives me crazy

[Zoltan Szabo]

On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:15:11 +0300
"Bassel Safadi" <bassel.safadi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello every body,
> just installed a fresh copy of fedora 8 to use as a file and print
> server, I have a canon LBP2900 printer that used to print perfectly
> on windows two days ago on the same machine before converting it to
> Linux, cups see the printer with the latest driver installed from
> canon website which is ( LBP2900 CAPT ver.1.5 )
> now every time I send a print job to the printer  I got a massage
> ( Not connected? ) and it says that the printer isn't connected I'm
> sure 100% that the printer is connected but I think it's something
> related to usb detection in linux, I tried and tried, but the print
> status keep saying that it's processing the job but nothing actually
> printed and I keep getting those not connected massages..
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help
> Bassel Safadi

There is a guide for installing LBP printers to Linux on the canon
website:
"http://software.canon-europe.com/software/0028622.asp?model=", you may
give it a try. 

Z.