On Fri, Nov 22, 2024 at 7:57 PM jeremy ardley <jeremy.ard...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 22/11/24 23:20, D. R. Evans wrote: > > > > To my simple mind that suggests that some auto-configuration magic that > > is supposed to happen when the new printer was plugged into the network > > was not handled correctly by debian stable. > > I have a Fuji-Xerox printer (they are Brother printers under the hood). > > My problem with cups is it does a network scan on startup and locates > the printer by some broadcast discovery method. It then adds the printer > to the list despite my having added it manually earlier and assigns a > sub-optimal or even non-working ppd. > > I end up with multiple printers with similar names only one of which > works - the one I manually configured and specifically set the ppd to be > a compatible brother ppd.
I've seen this before. I believe it is due to cups-browsed service discovery. I can't remember how I fixed it. I either blocked the port cups uses for service discovery, or disabled cups-browsed service. Or it might have fixed itself when I removed mDNS packages from the machines. Jeff
