On Tuesday, 14 August 2018 17:32:47 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 14 Aug 2018 15:24:48 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > My problem is that, even though the system detects the printer being > > connected, cups can't see it. I've tried everything I can think of so > > I'm now hoping that someone here can point out my (no doubt elementary) > > error. > > ISTR something about not setting USB_PRINTER in the kernel config, but > it's been a while since I used a USB printer. When I did, it was on a > headless box.
Yes, I knew about the kernel printer support being obsolete, and therefore I don't have it selected. As yours was a headless box, you must have solved the problem I'm facing, or else it didn't happen at all. -- Regards, Peter.