Printing from Ubuntu Dapper Drake 6.06 Live CD

[Mark Jarvis]

6.10 fixed it--thanks for the suggestion.

I'm rather irritated that such a glaring error was allowed out in 6.06!

-mj-

Judd Pickell wrote:

> You could try downloading the 6.10 Live CD (edgy) and see if that helps 
> with the problem.
> 
> On 10/30/06, *Mark Jarvis* < mark.jarvis at pvmail.maricopa.edu 
> <mailto:mark.jarvis at pvmail.maricopa.edu>> wrote:
> 
> 
>     I am attempting to introduce some friends to Linux using the Ubuntu
>     Dapper Drake 6.06 Live CD. I am having a major problem with printer
>     setup. As a particular example, one machine has an old Panasonic
>     KX-P5400 printer connected to lpt1. Whether I choose std KX-P5400
>     (Postscript) or KX-P4410 (PCS) mode I do not get the printer drivers
>     installed. Both drivers, however, installed without a problem on an
>     installed copy of Ubuntu 6.06.  A different machine was unable to
>     install an HP Jet-Direct networked printer.
> 
>     This appears to be a bug in the Live-CD version. Does anyone have an
>     idea how to force the Live-CD version to correctly install the drivers?
> 
>     -mj-
> 
> 
> 
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