ShipLap920 Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Hi. Am a real newbie. Got the distro finally installed but can't get or know how to get the CUPS installed on system to get my printer,HP952 and scanner HP4400C installed. Spent $ 100.00 on this and am verry dissapointed so far.Have a 3 month support program with purchase but trying to get anything back as help is a bad joke. HELP and tnx fr any will be greatly appreciated. PS; Have tried to read a lot of posts but to no avail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
{BBI}Nexus{BBI} Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 (edited) Open your Mandriva Control Centre (Do Alt + F2 then type mcc), go to Hardware, select Printer then follow the wizard. Repeat the process for your scanner. Whatever is needed will be installed for you. Edited February 26, 2008 by {BBI}Nexus{BBI} Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShipLap920 Posted February 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Hi BBi and tnx. Just tried what you sugessted but after getting to the " type command ", sys comes back with ' can' open MMC. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
{BBI}Nexus{BBI} Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 The command is mcc not mmc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShipLap920 Posted February 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Sorry about that. I can get to the area you sent me but the problem has been that when I tell it to install printer i get an msg, saying " insert 2008 installer on drive cdrom2. I have the install dvd in the same drive the OP was installed from but it keeps kicking me back to " insert etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 Set your software sources with easy urpmi with you can find on the frontpage. And than install cups, you don't need the dvd anymore. The software on the DVD is old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSurfer60 Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 (edited) I can get to the area you sent me but the problem has been that when I tell it to install printer i get an msg, saying " insert 2008 installer on drive cdrom2. I have the install dvd in the same drive the OP was installed from but it keeps kicking me back to " insert etc. That does seem to be a problem one which I suffered with myself. Follow Willie's suggestion and you should be able to install cups and much more besides. Edited February 26, 2008 by SilverSurfer60 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted February 26, 2008 Report Share Posted February 26, 2008 ShipLap920 aka Ole' Salty, do you have a working internet connection yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShipLap920 Posted March 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 ShipLap920 aka Ole' Salty, do you have a working internet connection yet? Sorry to be so late in coming back. I have the internet up , E-Mail up,Printer also but can't seem to get the damm scanner running. HP4400C. Buy the way ,I really appreciate all the comeback. I'll get this yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindwave Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 i had a lot of issues w/ cups too. i installed WEBMIN and it really helped a LOT of things if you get your MCC up go to install software and search for WEBMIN, its a browser based front end for a LOT of the common linux items (file sharing, printing etc) j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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