If for example the Yellow Colour is not printing then check that the breather tape on the top of the ink cartridge has been fully removed.

Once you have printed the test page you will clearly be able to see if one colour is not printing correctly. To print the test page simply click on the link and hover your cursor over the image, right click on the image and select 'Print Image'. If your printer is not printing the correct colour combinations then by printing a Test Page you can easily work out what may be the cause. Of course they also use Black however we will discuss this later. The 3 main colours used by your inkjet printer are Cyan (Bluey Colour), Magenta (Reddish Colour) and Yellow. Then I'm ashamed to say that I had to install om this web site to select the printer I have.Is your printer producing the correct colours that it should be? If not it is easy to isolate the problem by using a Test Page. With answer, I was able to 'operate' printer Print Test Page sends 'something' to the printer so that it beeps but without printing anything, and the admin web page on Ubuntu says the job is completed. I managed to be able to print from Ubuntu. Update ) Thanks for the comments and answer. Is there any workaround? And if let me know also if any information is needed. With the same file, I can print without any problem from Mac OSX 10.8.4. Ubuntu Quantal, acroread v9.5.5, Canon MG6330 lpr: unsupported document-format application/vnd.adobe-reader-postscript Probably because of that, I get an error when I try to print a pdf from Acrobat Reader.

However the info shown on the printer panel ('System settings' -> 'Printer') does not seem what Ubuntu obtains from the printer it's IP address is localhost, clicking 'Jobs'->'Show' always shows empty job list, and clicking 'Print Test Page' doesn't do anything.

On my Ubuntu machine, a network printer on LAN is recognized (by just selecting Network on Add a New Printer menu).

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