Fixing my printer in Ubuntu Dapper Drake

After my Ubuntu Dapper Drake upgrade, my Canon i950 printer stopped working.

Just now I was able to fix it my going into the properties and changing the connection from a network printer with URI usb:/dev/usb/lp0 to a local printer. Not sure why I had it set up that way before and why it broke now, but I’m glad to have the printer working again.

Beginning Ubuntu Linux: From Novice to Professional

3 comments to Fixing my printer in Ubuntu Dapper Drake

  • I had a similar problem to this with my scanner. It turns out the device is called /dev/usblp0 not /dev/usb/lp0. Not sure why it changed tho’.

  • i have the same copy of linux too

  • Hey. Thanks for the comments! It’s good to hear from another Ubuntu user. I’m pretty much new to the linux thing but if Ubuntu is anything to go by – i’ll be sticking with linux for a long while.

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