Thanks Brian. I had given up, and taken the machine back to my wife's desk. So I went there, and went to the site you quoted. My wife'nachine runs Ubuntu 12.04. The site installed the software- TWICE!, so I went to the print menu and there were two copies of the printer there. One (the first one) was dead, but the other one picked up and printed OK. We tested it on another unrelated file and that printed too.
I guess the upgrade from Ubuntu 10.04 to 12.04 required either the printer or the driver to be reinstalled. That leaves my favourite Debian 6.06 squeeze on my two other machines. I wish now to investigate an ethernet or even WiFi network printing capability for my three machines with their three printers. Many thanks for giving me a push at the right time, and also to others who have helped me. Best regards. Geoff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1352647706.86074.yahoomailclas...@web186102.mail.ir2.yahoo.com