On 1/29/24 04:23, Michael wrote:
On Sunday, 28 January 2024 19:17:06 GMT Thelma wrote:
On 1/28/24 11:46, Michael wrote:
On Sunday, 28 January 2024 17:43:22 GMT Thelma wrote:
Systems show Avahi-daemon status: started.
but it I don't know how it helps me find a local printer.
I'm puzzled as printers were working last week without any problems.
I did not do any update or modification to the system but all of a sudden
they stop working "Unable to locate printer"
The solution was to change printer setting:
lpd://BRN30055C898DF9/BINARY_P1
lpd://brother-5370/BINARY_P1
with:
lpd://printer-IP-address/BINARY_P1
lpd://printer-IP-address/BINARY_P1
How to set Avahi-daemon to start automatically deleted printer?
I don't think avahi is needed unless you are printing from different
temporary clients and you want the printers to be automatically
discovered on the network. If this is not your use case, you could try
something like this:
lpadmin -p 3170-color -E -v ipp://<IP_address_here>/BINARY_P1 -m
everywhere
Which will use the CUPS driverless method:
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Driverless_printing
These instruction on Gengoo Driveless printing are not clear.
I tried to follow this example and run:
lpadmin -p foobar -E -v ipp://10.0.0.106/ipp -m everywhere
did not create file: foobar.ppd in /etc/cups/ppd/
ls -al /etc/cups/ppd/
-rw-r----- 1 root lp 26945 Nov 30 2020 3170-color.ppd
-rw-r----- 1 root lp 26929 Nov 30 2020 3170-color.ppd.O
-rw-r----- 1 root lp 16460 Jan 27 13:48 5370.ppd
-rw-r----- 1 root lp 25537 Jan 27 13:46 5370.ppd.O
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 13 17:47 .keep_net-print_cups-0
-rw-r----- 1 root lp 16476 Apr 7 2022 L6200.ppd
-rw-r----- 1 root lp 16476 Apr 7 2022 L6200.ppd.O
Did you run the lpadmin command as root?
But it did create foobar local raw printer name foobar, and when I tried to
print to it, it spit out strange characters.
Where did you find this local raw printer?
locahost:631
When I select printer it show what driver it using.
What does 'lpstat -t' run as your plain user show?
as user: $ lpstat -t
scheduler is running
no system default destination
device for 3170-color: lpd://10.0.0.105/BINARY_P1
device for 3170-color2: ipp://10.0.0.105/BINARY_P1
device for 5370: lpd://10.0.0.106/BINARY_P1
device for 5370-bw: ipp://10.0.0.106/ipp/print
3170-color accepting requests since Sat 27 Jan 2024 06:12:01 PM MST
3170-color2 accepting requests since Sun 28 Jan 2024 12:07:59 PM MST
5370 accepting requests since Mon 29 Jan 2024 08:55:47 AM MST
5370-bw accepting requests since Mon 29 Jan 2024 10:40:51 AM MST
L6200 accepting requests since Thu 07 Apr 2022 12:24:10 PM MDT
printer 3170-color is idle. enabled since Sat 27 Jan 2024 06:12:01 PM MST
printer 3170-color2 is idle. enabled since Sun 28 Jan 2024 12:07:59 PM MST
printer 5370 is idle. enabled since Mon 29 Jan 2024 08:55:47 AM MST
printer 5370-bw disabled since Mon 29 Jan 2024 10:40:51 AM MST -
The printer configuration is incorrect or the printer no longer exists.
I noticed you substitute after <IP-address>/ipp with
<IP_address_here>/BINARY_P1 This is not very clear in Gentoo Documentation
Trying it:
lpadmin -p 3170-color2 -E -v ipp://10.0.0.105/BINARY_P1 -m everywhere
It did not create any file name: 3170-color2.ppd ; but it did create entry
in printer entry 3170-color2 - local raw printer and printing to it works
OK. Thank you!
You can try moving temporarily all .ppd files from /etc/cups/ppd/ and try
running the lpadmin command again. Perhaps if it finds some ppd file already
in there with the same settings it won't create a new file.
Can you explain the <IP-address>/ipp vs. <IP_address_here>/BINARY_P1
If you login into the printer's admin GUI with your browser and navigate to
Network, Services, you will see a list of service names. You can try
configuring CUPS with each one at a time to see what works for you.
I'm using XFCE it doesn't have GUI setting for printers. But I can login via
http://localhost:631 to see the printers
