On Thu 16 Jun 2022 at 23:13:11 +0200, Hans wrote: > Hi folks, > > I am struggeling with a little problem, I can not explain. > > A friend of mine uses a printer (Samsung SL-C480FW), which is connected to > the > router with wireless. However, although there are no drivers and no ppd-files > installed, the printer is seen by cups (and also by system-printer-config) > but > can not be used (think, because the missing ppd-file).
Give 'ls -l /etc/cups/ppd'. > When this is installed, udev-entries and so on are set, then the printer is > seen for example with ipp://192.168.*.*. > > However, printing does not work, although the printer gets data, but then > hangs. I believe, this is a driver problem (because this appeared, since my > friend got a new router (FritzBox). > > I hope, for this I will find a solution, so hints are welcome, buut not the > reason for this thread. > > Much more I am interested, to know, why I can not delete the printer in CUPS > or system-config-printer? Any printer I add, can be deleted, but the last > entry can not be deleted. The cups-browsed docs and our wiki should help with this. > What is wrong? Why does the kernel see the correct printer, and where does it > get its information? It is not connected at the USB-port, so no information > could be taken from this. The kernel is not involved in printer dicsovery. mdns/DNS-sd is. -- Brian.
