History:
My printer is a Lexmark Optra EP "postscript" printer, on Kubuntu Dapper (6.10) and KDE 3.5.3. This postscript printer has worked successfully on two or three editions of Mandrake, two or three editions of Suse and is currently working fine on Suse 10. Finally it also worked on Libranet and also worked on Kubuntu until I upgraded to "Breezy (5.10)". It then began printing gibberish on one line at the top of each page. I looked in Kubuntu archives and there seemed to be some sort of a problem but I let it go as Dapper (6.10)was close to being released.
Current:
A few days ago I updated to Kubuntu Dapper (6.10) with KDE 3.53 and went to install the printer, without any success at all.
1. When trying to install as a user and chose the "Optra EP" driver, it told me that it was not there or I did not have permission to install it.
2. Repeated the above and chose "Postscript Printer" and it gave the same answer as the above in "1".
3. Repeated the above as the "Administrator" and got the same answers.
4. Then I repeated as the "Administrator" and tried the "Optra EP Postscript" driver and it loaded OK. "Test" page printed as gibberish on one line across the top of each page. This driver works fine on Suse 10.
5. Tried a regular document after "4" above and got the same result.
So now I am in the position of writing stuff that I want to print on the Suse machine or Windows. Fortunately I am retired and do not have to print much anymore but it is a frustration that I would like to solve.
If anyone can help me with the above I would really appreciate it.
Thank you,
Bill.
My printer is a Lexmark Optra EP "postscript" printer, on Kubuntu Dapper (6.10) and KDE 3.5.3. This postscript printer has worked successfully on two or three editions of Mandrake, two or three editions of Suse and is currently working fine on Suse 10. Finally it also worked on Libranet and also worked on Kubuntu until I upgraded to "Breezy (5.10)". It then began printing gibberish on one line at the top of each page. I looked in Kubuntu archives and there seemed to be some sort of a problem but I let it go as Dapper (6.10)was close to being released.
Current:
A few days ago I updated to Kubuntu Dapper (6.10) with KDE 3.53 and went to install the printer, without any success at all.
1. When trying to install as a user and chose the "Optra EP" driver, it told me that it was not there or I did not have permission to install it.
2. Repeated the above and chose "Postscript Printer" and it gave the same answer as the above in "1".
3. Repeated the above as the "Administrator" and got the same answers.
4. Then I repeated as the "Administrator" and tried the "Optra EP Postscript" driver and it loaded OK. "Test" page printed as gibberish on one line across the top of each page. This driver works fine on Suse 10.
5. Tried a regular document after "4" above and got the same result.
So now I am in the position of writing stuff that I want to print on the Suse machine or Windows. Fortunately I am retired and do not have to print much anymore but it is a frustration that I would like to solve.
If anyone can help me with the above I would really appreciate it.
Thank you,
Bill.
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