Hi Brian, Cups is a demanding friend. You can find the path to your printer through the *lpinfo -m*. After finding the relative path to your printer you can use the *lpadmin* command to install it. The *lpstat -p* command will show that the printer is turned on.
On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 9:08 PM, <bri...@aracnet.com> wrote: > On Sun, 21 Jun 2015 19:33:50 -0400 > Gary Dale <garyd...@torfree.net> wrote: > > > > > > I'm not actually grasping some fundamental questions here. > > 1) where is your printer? I get the impression that it is attached to a > > computer on the network and not your local machine. > > 2) what type of printer is it? > > 3) is your network otherwise working? Can you browse the Internet, > > attach network shares, etc.? > > > > > > > 1 it's on a USB port. it _was_ on ethernet, but CUPS couldn't seem to > connect to it properly. i'm now thinking that maybe it could. > > 2 brother DCP-8110DN > > 3 yes, the network is in good shape. the only problem i am having which > is yet to be resolved is that my loopback interface doesn't come up at boot > time for some strange reason. > > > BRian > > > -- > 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/20150621170844.4e431...@cedar.deldotd.com > > -- Guto
