On Thursday 17 September 2009 06:31:36 Bret Busby wrote: > I have a Samsung CLP300 colour laser printer. > > When I connected it to my laptop, in each of both Ubuntu 8.04 and > Debian 5, which was installed as a clean install, the printer was > automatically installed and set up (I didn't have to do anything - it > just appeared as an installed printer, ready to use). > > When I connected the printer to this desktop computer, the same > happened with the Ubuntu 8.04 installation. > > When the printer was connected to this desktop and the desktop was > running Debian 4, the printer (apparently) could not be installed. > > So (and, for other reasons), I yesterday upgraded the Debian > installation on this computer, to Debian 5, following the Release > Notes instructions. The only problem of which I was aware, in the > upgrade, that was encountered, was the loss of the graphics adaptor > driver, and thence XWindows, which was subsequently, easily (after I > was advised of the solution), ovbercome. > > But, I cannot install the printer driver on this Debian 5 > installation. > > The printer was not automatically installed and set up, ready to go, > as it was with the clean installation of Debian 5 on the laptop. > > In trying to manually install the printer, using the foomatic-gui > application, that application detects the printer, and, goes through > the (apparent) process of installing the printer, but, at the end of > that process, when it should have successfully completed, the printer > is not added as an installed printer. I have tried adding the > printer, via the foomatic-gui application, using both the splix and > the foo2qpdl driver options, and, until the final screen appears, > that lists the installed printers, shows that the printer is not > installed, it all seems to be going okay. > > I have also tried to add the printer to the installed printers, using > the System -> Administration -> Printing -> Add Printer facility, > but, whilst that detects the printer, the printer driver is not > listed as an available printer driver, to select. > > Why is it, that a clean install of Debian 5, automatically installs > and sets up the printer, ready for use, like Ubuntu 8.04, but, a > Debian 5 installation that is done as an upgrade from Debian 4, > still disallows the printer from being installed. > > Can this be overcome? > > At present, I have to revert to doing what I was doing before > upgrading the Debian installtion on the desktop, to Debian 5; if I > want to print, using the CLP-300, I have to reboot into Ubuntu 8.04, > as the Debian installation again does not allow the use of the > printer. > > It is frustrationg, that a Debian 5 installation, that is done by > upgrading from Debian 4, is so different to a Debian 5 installation > that is done as a clean install, meaning that a Debian 5 > installation that is done as an upgrade from Debian 4, is more of a > combination of Debian 4 and 5 (like a system that is a combination > of stable, testing and unstable), than a Debian 5 system, and is > thus, not truly Debian 5. > > I had intended to add other new printers, including a Samsung > multi-funtion thingy, to my desktop computer, but it appears that a > Debian 5 installation that is an upgrade from Debian 4, does not work > for adding printers, anywhere as well as a Debian 5 installation that > is done as a clean install, so making it apparently, too much > trouble.
Responsible for printing is CUPS. Please check if you have it installed and all packages containing CUPS, that your other machine has installed. You can get that list with `aptitude "~icups"`. HIH, Flo. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
