Hi folks,
I am looking for an explanation of a strange effect.
The issue:
I have a customer, who is using debian and has connected two printers (one of
them with an
integrated scanner and LAN, the other via USB-cable).
For installation I am using CUPS and XSANE.
Now to the issues:
1st question:
Although there are no printers configured in CUPS, LibreOffice does see and can
use the
printers. My idea is, that Libreoffice is using its owb printer drivers, can
that be, does someone
know more?
2nd question:
When installed with CUPS, there appear TWO pronters, one (for example) is
called "DCP-125J"
and the other one "DCP-125J_debian". However, only one of the entries is
working (the one
without "_debian". Where does it get its name? Both printers appear also in
CUPS, but they do
NOT appear in the printer sections of the "systemsettings" in KDE.
So, when connected TWO printers, the user has to choose of FOUR entries.
How can that be fixed, ifat all?
3rd question:
The same appears with the scanner. When I start XSANE, then I get FOUR entries
to chose: one
name ending with the IP-addresse (the scanner is connected by LAN) marked, one
without IP,
one starting with the string "ecl:...." and one starting with "ipp:....".
Whilst two of them I can
explain myself, only two of the entries are working, the one starting
"ecl:...." and the pone with
the IP.
The IPP-entry is clear for me, it is for internet printing, but last one is NOT
explainable and is
lookinbg for me as an unnecessary double entry like it appears at the printers.
How can I fix this?
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Additionally I should tell, the printers and scanner are both from Brother, who
offers driver
packages for the devices on his website for debian.
Alls needed packages are installed.
However, I could not find out, that debian supports Brother printers and
scanners natively, so I
need to install their packages.
This was all the time that way. Or did debian change something related to
printers and scanners
during the last year? Then please let me know, what I might have missed.
Thank you very much for feedback, and also for all the help and hard work
during all the time!!!
Happy new year!!!
Best
Hans
