On Sun, 2006-12-03 at 09:04 -0400, Ted Gervais wrote: > > > Hi Gary and the others on the list.... > > I am not using usb but parallel as you suggested. And I agree with you - > this printer worked fine right out of the box (as they say) with fc5. > Must be something different in fc6??? > > > > > ON a new FC6 installation I am trying to get my printer going. It is a > > > Deskjet 895Cxi. And the default installation shows no signs of working. > > > > > > I am trying to use 'system-config-printer' to get things going and am > > > wondering if that is the only tool available or is there something else. > > > > > > So far I have no luck in getting the printer to come to life.. > > > > > > > > > > I have exactly the same printer on fc5 - with no problem but I recall > >sometime back not being able to get it going with usb. If you're using > >usb try the parallel hookup instead. ------gary > > ??? - Since it looks like you'll have to troubleshoot this, here's a good starting point= http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-DeskJet_895C --------gary