On 7 Jan 2010 at 22:21, Jon Taylor wrote: > Hi, > > Recently I installed a canon ip4600 on my mum's Ubuntu Karmic pc, it's a > fairly new machine (having been bought 2-3 months ago from Scan) and it > get's updated regularly. We still get problems with the printer though, some > days it works, and other days it says there's no paper in it (even if it's > got half a ream in it.) > > It works fine under windows (7 RC) but on 2 separate Ubuntu pc's (my mums > and my nephews) it fails to print anything but the test page (and then only > after I delete and reinstall the printer on the machine.) > > I'm rapidly coming to the conclusion this printer is a Friday afternoon > built unit, and it needs to go back unless anyone has any suggestions or > thoughts that might shed some light on this. > > As I said it seems to work fine on my office pc running windows 7rc, so I'm > a puzzled plumber. > > I'd be really grateful if anyone has a solution or words of wisdom regarding > it. > > Cheers all, hope you all had a good Christmas and new year. > > Jon >
Have a look at http://www.openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Canon-iP4600 to see if it rings any bells. It seems to suggest that there isn't 100% support for this printer. Tony -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
