On Mon 15 Jun 2015 at 18:17:58 -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > > > On 06/15/2015 06:00 PM, Brian wrote: > >On Mon 15 Jun 2015 at 15:22:48 -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > > > >>I have un-installed and re-installed cups. I used the add printer > >>feature from the menu items under my name. It comes up with various > >>items that can be changed and printer is one of them. It is locked so I > >The name of the software being used was wanted. It appears it is not > >hplip or the web interface at http://localhost:631. Not that it would > >necessarily make any difference apart from getting a different error > >message. > > > >>unlocked it with the root password. I went through all the steps and at > >>the very end it says 'printer could not be added'. I then tried from > >>the main menu under system tools and it did the same thing. When I plug > >>the printer in before a message would pop up and ask if you wanted to > >>install it, now there is nothing. > >We assume the printer is connected by USB, Please post the outputs of > >these three commands: > > > > lpstat -t > > lpinfo -m | grep "1000.*ppd.*HP" > > lpinfo -v (with the printer plugged in). > > > >>From the list obtained in the second command's output say which line(s) > >correspond to your printer. > > > > > This is what I got for the above commands but the lpinfo command was > not found for the last two.
The second command works with the full path: /usr/sbin/lpinfo. The third command requires you to be root or use sudo. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/16062015002633.00bc86f88...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk
