On Monday 24 December 2001 16:23, you wrote: > On Sun, 2001-12-23 at 18:49, Peter Clark wrote: > > I've tried everything I can think of, and yet it still doesn't print! I > > don't want to get a new printer, because I am not entirely sure that the > > problem is not with my system. If you're willing to have a go at it, > > write back ASAP! > > I have a Lexmark 3200, which uses the same protocol (or so I hear) as > the Z51. Although print drivers do exist for it, they are pretty useless > for anything more than black text. Trying to do color results in a > muddy, wet mess. Why not get a new printer? They're dirt cheap now. HP > DeskJets are especially well supported. I have to confess something. The offer, while genuine, was mostly made in the hopes that St. Murphy* would be invoked on my behalf and miraculously fix the matter. Shortly after I sent it, I tried plugging the USB cable back into the printer, changed CUPS so that it pointed to USB, rather than parallel, and tried printing. Lo and behold, it worked! This was after I had tried both USB and parallel for several days. In fact, I still don't know what I did. But it works. You're right about the color support, of course. I just get shades of pink and red. But black works fine. I have been thinking about getting an HP 845c, since they're $100 at BestBuy (while BB tends to give me that dirty, unclean feeling, my sister _did_ give me a $25 gift certificate there for Christmas), but looking at their web site I notice that there's a Canon S300 for the same price. Need to check compatibility. Actually, right after workability in Linux, cartridge cost is the most important factor. Buy four cartridges and you can buy another printer. Someone must have told the printer people that they should take a page from Gillette and sell the razors cheap, the blades at a markup. On the other hand, I'm so relieved that I can print, even if only in B&W, that I'm a little nervous to touch the @#$%! thing. Don't want to push my luck. And that gift certificate could go a long ways toward a decent sound card... :Peter * The Murphy as in "Murphy's Law", which has a little-known, but important corollary: once anything that can go wrong, has gone wrong, giving up and asking for help is the surest way for things to go right again on their own. P.S. Would someone please explain why this kernel inject has taken over a month now? I mean, really, how much longer is this going to take???