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i just bought 1 Canon LBP 2900, need some guide howto install it on slackware, thanks

There seems to be a driver available at Canon :

First go here :
http://software.canon-europe.com/products/0010177.asp
or directly there
http://software.canon-europe.com/softwa ... asp?model=

HTH,

Didier

PROXIMO ha scritto:i just bought 1 Canon LBP 2900, need some guide howto install it on slackware, thanks

You have to open the CUPS interface:
Open your browser and type the following address: http://127.0.0.1:631/
Click Adminitration, and type log in cups as root (user: root, password: you root password)
Click on the Add Printer button.
Follow the guided steps.

An error occurred while loading http://127.0.0.1:631/:
Could not connect to host 127.0.0.1 (port 631).

just cant open it . Also tried as root
/etc/rc.d/rc.cups start Permission denied
/etc/rc.d/rc.cupsd start No such file or directory
any suggestions

edit well the file rc.cups want exec file so i chmod +x it and it is ok now, i will proceed

well it seems the driver doesn't work well, probably it is my fault. the package was rpm and 1 converted it with rpm2tgz
Can s.o compile me a working driver from here http://software.canon-europe.com/softwa ... asp?model=
thanks

It's a matter of installation and configuration, not compilation (the driver is distributed by Canon as binary, not source code I guess).

Try googling Canon LBP 2900 Slackware, you'll find some interesting links. I can't try what they propose, as I don't have this kind of printer.

BTW I suggest next time you intend to use a device under Slackware, check if it is easily usable under linux before you buy it.

For a printer, you could go to this page :
http://openprinting.org/printer_list.cgi

HTH