nathan w wrote: > the hplip site says that this printer is supported in versions 0.95 or > newer, and the current version of hplip is 3.11.5. ubuntu already has > the 3.11 branch... it'd be a very outdated distro indeed that did not > support this printer with the hplip package already in the repo. > > i vote for hardware issues, but ianape. > > Still ... almost any Live CD distro should be able to recognize and print to the printer ... which could therefore be a quick and cheap way to rule out the computer software and thereby more or less confirm the notion that the problem is in the printer (whether sw or hw). I am a Mandriva user myself, but for Live CD I have liked Knoppix ... your mileage may vary. Regards Fred James
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