Jeffrey Walton <noloa...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 8:20 AM Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote: > > > > When I run CUPS 'add printer' with a new (to the network) Laserjet > > M15W I see four possible printers to add:- > > > > HP LaserJet M15w (FD27B6) (HP LaserJet M14-M17) > > HP LaserJet M14-M17 (driverless) (HP LaserJet M14-M17) > > HP LaserJet M14-M17 (driverless) (HP LaserJet M14-M17) > > HP LaserJet M15w (HP LaserJet M14-M17) > > > > So which one should I choose? Does it matter? > > See <https://wiki.debian.org/Printing>, > <https://wiki.debian.org/SystemPrinting> and > <https://wiki.debian.org/CUPSDriverlessPrinting>. > None of them really addresses the problem of which of the above to choose though. It would seem that 'driverless' is the way to go nowadays and my printer is new enough. However why am I offered two 'driverless' printer options, and for that matter what are the other two?
The other thing that had me really confused for a while was that some of the printers offered are 'discovered' and these will appear by themselves without actually adding them using CUPS. In the end one of the 'discovered' driverless printers seems to be working OK, though I'm not at all clear why it wouldn't work the first time round when it would print CUPS test pages but not from any applications. (I raised that in another thread) Yes, I know, printing is always somewhat difficult to get going. -- Chris Green ·
