Printer Installation Problems

[ajaicool]

i installed RHEL5 on my pc and installed the Printer Canon LBP2900. but its not printing , the printer is in idle condition always. please help

[Dapper Dan]

If you'll look in your menu, you should see a little printer icon. This used to be (and likely still is) called redhat-config-printer, which is a utility to get printers setup. Have you been through this process yet? If not, the below link is for RHE4 but should work the same...

Printer Configuration

[ajaicool]

when i try to install printer driver dependency error is coming , installation need s 4 dependencys .

cndrvcups-common >= 1.90
libcaepcm.so.1
libcaiowrap.so.1
libcanon_slim.so.1

from wher i can get this , i tried in google but no way. can u send me the link to download this or can u send this rpm s in to my mail.

please reply asap.

regards ,
ajai

[Dapper Dan]

How are you attempting to install the printer driver? Are you using "yum" which is the command line tool for installing Red Hat packages? Or have you downloaded an rpm from the Internet and it is giving you these errors?

[ajaicool]

yes i installed yum. i have downloaded the RPM from the printer official website (canon LBP2900). when i try to install the RPM these error coming. which i mentioned above.

[Dapper Dan]

I haven't used a Red Hat based distro in a while but I found this for you which addresses the dependencies needed for your driver. It looks like a very easy to follow "how to." I hope it helps.