[croesonen]

Hi I have a ubuntu problem my printer will not work in ubuntu but will in windows I have my printer in the system files as default but it will not print it was working till I tryed to upgrade from 8-10 to 9-4 it crashed on installation so I have reinstalled 8-10 but the printer will not work?? its a new epson sx200 croesonen

[etaf]

can you in ubuntu uninstall the driver for the printer completely
In windows you would do the following

Right-click the printer, point to Run as administrator, and then click Server Properties. Or, press ALT, click Run as Administrator on the File menu, and then click Server Properties.
Click the Drivers tab.
Click the printer that you want to update, and then click Remove.

Then re-install the 8-10 driver

[lotuseclat79]

In Ubuntu (any version), click on System>Administration>Printing. If a window with an icon for a printer shows, then double-click on the icon and reset the Options to Letter, and then to Gray-scale for black ink printing instead of color printing. If there are no printers configured as a result of booting up, and you have a printer connected to the computer, then select the New button in the window and select the Forward button to let it search for the right driver for your printer and after the initial configuration is done, do the same as above to complete configuring your printer.

-- Tom

[croesonen]

Hi Tom I have tried that and I have deleted it and reconnected my printer it will fined it and install it but when I try to print nowt it will even give me a print preview but it will not print??I have closed down ubuntu and loaded windows and it will work but not in ubuntu but it did before I tried to upgrade but I re installed ubuntu in windows like before but it will not print

[lotuseclat79]

Hi croesonen,

If you want to view a print-preview, you need to open the file with gedit, so issue the command:
$ gedit <filename>
and substitute the real filename for <filename>.

Or, with Ubuntu, just double-click in the <filename> and it should launch gedit for the file.

-- Tom

[croesonen]

Hi tom I still can not get my printer to work in ubuntu every thing looks OK but it will not print I can see it I can get a print preview but it will not print a hard copy??croesonen.

[lotuseclat79]

Do the System>Administration>Printing sequence, and click on New (to create a new printer) and go through the Forward buttons - and don't forget to double-click on the new printer and click on job options to change from color to gray for black ink. Print a test page to make sure it works, and just let it do its thing and select the driver for you.

-- Tom

[croesonen]

Hi Tom I have tried every thing I can think of but it will not print so I have sent an e-mail to get a free 9-10 disc and I will up grade ubuntu and see if it will install the printer?? is there a way of installing over the old 8-4 without deleting it first and then installing the new 9-10 thanks for your help so far Croesonen.

[lotuseclat79]

Hi croesonen,

Try the following:
1) Create a new printer (even if its the same one you have hooked up in your system) by doing the following:
System>Administration>Printing
Click on the New Button and follow the instructions (I always name my printer something short, like hp, so I can easily issue a print command from a Terminal window. Also, after the new printer (with a different name than already exists) displays in the Printer Configuration window that comes up initially, double-click on the icon that is created for it to bring up yet anothe window named Printer Properties and then click on the Printer Options in the left-hand column. Change the Media Size to Letter, and the Printout mode from Normal (Color Cartridge) to Normal Grayscale (Black cartridge) then click on Apply, and then Cancel.

Then try to print a short one page text file.

-- Tom