Yes - it is, I will :-) But then I need to research which HP is equivalent to the LB3000 and has a native Ubuntu driver and is about the same cost .... <sigh>
Many thanks for your help. David On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 09:21 +1100, Andre Mangan wrote: > Sorry to read that your Canon printer cannot print envelopes in > Ubuntu. > > The Canon LBP 3000 is listed as having limited functionality in Linux > (see Linuxprinting.org). > > <hint> > I have 3 Hewlett Packard printers and all of them are fully functional > in Ubuntu. > </hint> > > Although seemingly a rather drastic suggestion, when your ink or toner > runs out, consider replacing your printer. Often, the cost of ink or > toner are close to the negotiable replacement cost of the whole > machine. > > Cheers, > Andre > > > > > 2008/10/30 David Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 07:58 +1100, Andre Mangan wrote: > > Hello David, > > > > Here is the good oil on how I printed an envelope (I > repeated it this > > morning): > > > > In Writer go to "Format" and then "Page". Under "Paper > format", > > "Format", select "DL" and for "Orientation", select > "Landscape". > > Leave "Paper Tray" set to "From Printer Settings". Click > "OK". > > > > Still in Writer, go to your printer settings (File, Printer > Settings), > > select the printer and open "Properties" to specify "Paper > Size" to > > "Envelope DL" and set "Orientation" to "Landscape". Press > "OK" to > > close the screen and "OK" to close the next screen. > > > > Insert an envelope and press print. > > > > Cheers, > > Andre > > Thanks very much for the guide, Andre. Unfortunately, in > "Still in > Writer, go to your printer settings (File, Printer Settings), > select the > printer and open "Properties" to specify "Paper Size" to > "Envelope > > DL" ..." DL is not listed! My only choices in the File>Printer > Settings > are: > Letter > Legal > Executive > A5 > B5 > A4. > > In "Writer go to "Format" and then "Page". Under "Paper > format", > > "Format", select "DL", DL _is_ an available choice. Selecting > Landscape > is not a problem but the printer / driver / CUPS(?) ignores > the choice > and does not rotate the text. > > I know the printer accepts DL envelopes from Writer in > Windows, even a > choice of how the printer wants the envelope to feed. But not > in Ubuntu > or perhaps it is the driver? Or CUPS? > > best regards, > David > > -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
