Have you encounter printing problems in Canon PIXMA iP1880? First of all, you have ensure that the cable is connected and the printer is on. Still can’t print? Then you have to look for the “symptom”, for instance, blinking light. There are 2 light signals for Canon PIXMA iP1880.  If the printer is ready and [...]

This is a simple tutorial dedicated to my friend, Mei Ling. I hope this tutorial can help her solve the Chinese character input problem in her Windows XP.
If you want to input Chinese character (or other Asian languages like Japanese or Korean), the first thing you have to ensure is your Windows XP has the [...]

You cannot complete your Ubuntu Linux installation and see an error message like this:
Failed to start the X Server (your graphical interface). It is likely that it is not set up correctly. Would you like to view the X Server output to diagnose the problem?
Then, you are given a “Yes” or “No” option, and you [...]

Here is a scenario. When you want to delete a file or folder in your Windows, it is “undeletable”. No matter how many times you delete, you always get an error message that looks something like this: (note: z is a folder)

Or other error messages such as:

Cannot delete file: Access is denied
There has [...]

Sometimes an application will “hang” and stop working. In Ubuntu Linux, there’s a feature called. With this feature, the not responding application will quit within clicks. In Windows, to quit a not responding application, you will have to go to the Windows Task Manager (Ctrl + Alt + Del) to “End Task”.

Sometimes, it takes even [...]

I ever mentioned about several ways of creating PDFs for free, either by standalone application or online conversion. Today, I’m going to teach you a very simple and fast way to create PDF using doPDF.
Why doPDF?

It’s FREE for both personal and commercial use.
Light weight, only 1.42MB.
Able to convert Microsoft Excel, Word or PowerPoint documents or [...]

Not every hardware comes with driver that support other OS, especially Linux. If you are running Ubuntu Linux and going to connect it to a Canon PIXMA iP1880 printer, then good news to you as Canon does provide drivers for Linux.
This post is a guide for those who want to install Canon PIXMA iP1880 [...]