Default Printer

[Joe]

Already did that before I asked the question.  I get:

The following printer

  -  HP DeskJet 895C

is directly connected to your system (Make sure that all your printers are
connected and turned on).

Do you want to enable printing on the printers mentioned above?

NOTE: Depending on the printer model and the printing system up to 80 MB of
additional software will be installed.

I click on Yes, but nothing seems to happen (no disk lights etc.).
Then, I go into an ap like gedit, open a file and select print.   The Print
function shows only a generic printer and when I print to that, it seems to
work, but nothing happens at the printer.

Joe
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Meyer" <meyer_rm at yahoo.com>
To: <nflug at nflug.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 6:33 PM
Subject: Re: Default Printer


> Go to the Mandrake Control Center, under Hardware, you should find the
printers
> icon.  Click that and follow the bouncing cursor :-)
>
> Cheers!
>
> Bob
> --- Joe Pollock <josephj at buffnet.net> wrote:
> > My system seems to have no default printer.
> > I have an HP Deskjet 895C on the parallel port.
> >
> > parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP]
> > parport0: irq 7 detected
> > parport0: Printer, HEWLETT-PACKARD DESKJET 895C
> > lp0: using parport0 (polling).
> >
> > HP's driver is there, but I don't know how to get it to do anything.
> >
> > [bigbird at localhost bigbird]$ hpijs -h
> >
> > Hewlett-Packard Co. Inkjet Server 1.3.1
> > Copyright (c) 2001-2003, Hewlett-Packard Co.
> > [bigbird at localhost bigbird]$
> >
> > When I try to print from applications, the Deskjet isn't an option -
only
> > print to file etc.
> >
> > gs -h lists support for Deskjet 890C.
> >
> > What do I do next?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Joe
> >
> >
>
>
> =====
> Bob Meyer
> Knightwing Communications, Inc.
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