Re: Can't get my Konica-Minolta mc2300DL to print

On 7/20/06, Robert N. Eaton <moth28@cox.net> wrote:
>
> Thanks to Alandd for the kind response.
>
> I don't know how many times I installed, removed and re-installed my
> K-M-magicolor2300DL. On the second to last install I noticed a "Have
> .PPD" button (I often have a great grasp of the obvious). I did a
> "locate" search for .ppd, and found nothing referring to the
> Konica-Minolta mc2300DL. At www.linuxprinting.org/data... I found and
> downloaded the proper .ppp file, reinstalled the printer, and when I
> pushed the "Have PPD" button, I told the installer where to find the file.
>
> When I gave the printer something to print it was like, "Oh!! Why didn't
> you say so. Allllrighty, then, let's print!."
>
> Gimp still gives me page after page after page after page of unreadable
> code, but that's a problem for another day. I'm just glad I can get the
> thing to print from digital-camera and image-view.

Congratulations!

I got a Minolta 2300DL printing on Linux using CUPS. I never did
succeed in getting gimp to print correctly, I ended up making images
and printing those. (I frequently fight with GIMP when it comes to
printing though.)
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