CUPS is only a starting place. http://www.cups.org/
Printer drivers are also found with Gimp-print or Gutenprint. You should be able to download either from your repositories. Gutenprint is the newer of the two and your better bet. You can install both or either. This is not guaranteed to get your printer working, but usually you can install a driver that is close enough to get it to work. You do not necessarily need an exact match. If it is a new printer it takes time for drivers to be written and added, but you can probably find one that will work in the interim. See: http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/ There is also a HP device manager to install called HPLIP and it manages HP printers. http://hplip.sourceforge.net/ It is in the Ubuntu repositories, but should be in yours as well. Foomatic should be installed to facilitate print spooling as well. See: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/Database/Foomatic Roy Linux: Fast, friendly, flexible and .... free! Support Open source. <*,)}}+< Only dead fish go with the flow! ----- Original Message ---- From: chlarkin8575 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 4:48:20 PM Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] Printer installation issues HELP! I can't get my new printer to work or install. I purchased an HP D4260, and I've tried to install it on my computer, which is running PC LinuxOS 2007. The CUPS doesn't have a compatible printer driver, and the downloadable driver I was directed to by HP is all binary junk that was corrupted. To amuse myself, I tried the installation CD, but all that came up were the long file names, as opposed to things like "install.exe, " or a similar, easy to understand format. CUPS.org doesn't have a printer driver for download, either. Anyone have any ideas? Preferably in simple English, or a direct fix available? I've also e-Mailed HP in hope that they may have some ideas. Thanks if anyone can offer some assistance. Charlie Larkin __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now at http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
