On Wed 27 Jul 2022 at 21:56:44 (-0400), gene heskett wrote: > On 7/27/22 20:25, Gareth Evans wrote: > > > On 28 Jul 2022, at 00:36, Gareth Evans <donots...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > > > > > > > > [...] unless the [driverless] queue was added via lpadmin. > > Just to correct the point, i keep forgetting, it seems even this fails with > > the latest cups version on Bullseye where fax printers are concerned. > > . > I haven't forgotten. The driverless stuff DOES NOT work, and you > cannot delete it until you un-install the cups-browser. You can delete > it, and cups says its deleted, but in the 5 seconds it gives you to > read the deleted msg, > cups-browser has recreated it again so its still there by the time you > click on printers again. And it blocks > the makers drivers which in the case of Brother, do everything the > printer is capable of. > > Driverless might work with some of the recent $40 printers, but it is > a long way from being ready for > prime time on a 5 yo $700 printer.
At least you could print a test page throughout. Here we're in danger of running before we can walk. Cheers, David.
