Questions tagged [printer]
Pertaining to peripheral devices which make a representation of an electronic document upon a physical medium.
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cups - Set default settings for ANY printers
This is the configuration change I want for any printers added in the future:
ColorModel=Gray
cupsPrintQuality=High
Both /var/cache/cups and /etc/cups have per-printer settings, but I want them to ...
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Cannot set default printer
I use Garuda linux and HP printer. When I click "print" from a document viewer, it works. When I type lp -d <printer_name> example.pdf, it works.
But lp example.pdf returns lp: Error - ...
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CUPS Printer Connected but no Printing
I just bought a Raspberry Pi Zero W and instelled 32bit OS.
I followed all the instruction and installed CUPS printing server.
I go to http://localhost:631 press the Administration button, i add my ...
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Manually install a printer without running any cups command
I need to manually install a printer without running any cups command, by copying files from a Debian system where the printer is already installed.
I have to proceed by this way in order to make a ...
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CUPS: The printer is unreachable at this time and the printer did not respond
I am getting a lot of printer unreachable messages but it does not tell me which printer is having issues. It only shows the job number. How do I get which printer is having problems?
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How to install Samsung Xpress M2070FW on Ubuntu 20.04 | Samsung M2070 Series
The latest Samsung driver from the vendor page
General:
https://support.hp.com/hk-en/drivers/selfservice/samsung-xpress-sl-m2070-laser-multifunction-printer-series/16450377
Details of the driver:
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Printer stuck on insecure Samba version
I have an HP OfficeJet 8600 printer in my office that's around 10 years old but still works perfectly fine. I occasionally use this printer to scan to a samba share hosted on my DD-WRT router. I ...
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What types of files can 'Generic Text Only Printer's print?
Today I added a printer on linux and tried to print an excel file. Clicked print but no reaction from printer. When I went to printer menu to troubleshoot I noticed that my printer's description was ...
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Printer/Scanner Pi Server for MFP Printer
I'm searching a solution to get my Samsung C480 printer on my local network. Since my family uses it a lot and it has only usb it's not easily accessible by everyone. I bought a banana pi zero (since ...
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lpadmin add a shared printer from cups server
I have a cups server with parallel printer attached, and I want to print to such shared printer in the cups server from within all my local network. How to do that?
The documents I found so far are ...
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Unable to print from CentOS 6.8 (Brother MFC J6930DW)
I can't print to a Brother MFC J6930DW printer from a CentOS 6.8 machine which has CUPS installed. Printing works from other machines but not the CentOS 6.8 machine.
I have used JetDirect and LPD but ...
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lp/lpr + Lexmark doesn't return indentation after newline
I set up CUPS to use my Lexmark MC3224 printer by default, but I have an odd problem: after each newline, the text does not continue at the left edge, but continues at the place where the previous ...
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Passing printer inside docker
I am trying to create a docker image with cups to handle my printer.
When I do this in my docker compose, cups recognizes the printer and I can add it.
On the host:
$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 04a9:...
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Setting EPSON XP-342 printer on Arch linux
I am running Arch Linux with Gnome and I am unable to set up my EPSON XP-342 printer.
I have cups installed and enabled. I installed epson-inkjet-printer-escpr from the AUR. I also installed foomatic-...
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A2 on four A4 pages? | Convert A4 PDF to "A2 on four A4" PDF?
Given e.g. pdf (in any size) how to enlarge it to A2 size and print on four A4 pages?
(if possible it would be great if pdf having multiple pages we could split like this, so if there is pdf with ...
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How to connect a CUPS printer to a Fedora box through a firewall?
I have bought a new printer and connected it to my LAN/wifi with an Ethernet cable and I can access the printer from my phone. But when I try to add the printer to CUPS on a Fedora box that is also ...
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unable to find Hp laserjet mfp 226dn printer driver for CentOS7
I am unable to find Hp laserjet mfp 226dn printer driver for CentOS7. Kindly help
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Is there a way to change USB Printer URI?
I'm on Raspbian and I would like to add my USB printer to CUPS. If I try to add the printer, I noticed, that my USB printer is detected as "Unknown" with device URI usb://Unknown/Printer.
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How to check if printer is out of paper
How can I check if cups printer is out of paper using commands only (no gui).
EDIT: Is it possible to check that using python?
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I tried it with different printer (EPSON TM-m30). When I try to ...
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Formatting text for printing to laser printers as well as line printers
I have a large custom built application for a client that runs on Java on a Linux system.
It produces a number of outputs (bills, etc) that are automatically printed on multiple printers. The way it ...
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My EPSON ET-2710 printer has a USB connection with a GNOME managed computer. I can print documents but Image Scan ignores my connection to the printer
My computer is a recent ACER Aspire with GNOME environment. I have connected it to my ET 2710 EPSON printer through a USB connection.
No problem to print a document. But the connection to the computer ...
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printer not available
I work on a recent DELL tower with an old Lexmark Optra E310 (Linux Mint 20.2 Uma). cups is installed. I can reach the printer to print as many test pages as I want but no text:
Waiting for printer ...
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Getting details on printers with SNMP?
Under which OID is such detailed information on the make, model and features of the printer usually found?
I have to answer this question I have been researching and have installed the following
apt ...
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How do I get faxes to a folder instead of having to print them with an HP printer?
I've got an HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M479fdn which is capable of receiving faxes and save them in a folder. Only when I look at the interface, it tells me I have to enter a "shared folder".
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How to center an image on a page with lp?
OS is Debian 10. I'm trying to print a batch of images with lp. So far so good. Scaling works great, for example.
Right now I'm printing with:
lp -d "$printer_name" -o ppi=100 -o position=...
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Unable to detect a failed print on a remote system using ssh
Below is my code on linux that prints a PDF on a remote MACOS system.
echo "Printing ssh -p 3335 ibrahimince@localhost 'lp -d Brother_HL_L2350DW_series $HOMEDIR/Printed/$NEWFILE'";
echo &...
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Canon printer driver: low DPI
My printer (Canon G7050) can print up to 4800 x 1200 dpi. However, the linux driver I got from Canon is set to 600 dpi only:
*OpenUI *Resolution/Output Resolution: PickOne
*de.Translation Resolution/...
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"The Print Processor Does Not Exist" when Windows PC tries to connect to shared printer on Ubuntu 16.04.3
I have a file and print server using Samba version 4.3.11, running Ubuntu 16.04.3 (yes I know this version has reached EOL, I plan to update it after I get this working, I'm trying to not change too ...
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How to set `export LC_PAPER=a4` to not break apps?
I had to remove export LC_PAPER=a4 from my ~/.bashrc as it was breaking characters display in screen and some other apps : symbols display wrong in `screen` - ascii or utf .
Therefore, question, how ...
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Need command-line solution as Brother Printer stops printing unless restarted physically
I have a shell script code that prints any new PDF generated to a Brother printer which is connected to a MACOS as below
lp -d Brother_HL_L2350DW_series /var/pdfs/11.pdf
After 2 or 3 days the printer ...
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Printer not working on Void Linux
I have installed Void linux which is otherwise working very well. It certainly is a smooth and stable distribution with a great package manager (xbps) which does dependency resolution also. The ...
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Unable to detect print command failure on remote host
I have a remote Mac that is connected to the printer.
I trigger the print on my Mac remotely using ssh from my local system using "ssh port forwarding/tunneling" discussed here.
Below is my ...
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Is it possible to prevent users to modify printer options in CUPS?
A small family setup...
I have a color printer, and a Linux computer, with CUPS installed. I wan to allow the kids to print, but only in draft mode, and only in greyscale.
With CUPS I prevented the ...
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Trouble printing to a Brother HL3170CDW printer on Linux
As the title says, I can't print to my Brother HL3170CDW printer. I'm on Artix Linux (runit version) and have the drivers installed from the AUR. system-config-printer detects the printer, and I'm ...
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How can I make my printer actually print, not just accept print jobs and delete them from queue?
I installed a mint Raspberry Pi 4 with Raspbian and wanted to connect my Brother HL-2240D printer to it. I used the Driver Installation tool provided on https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist....
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HP laser jet M404dn
I have an HP Laser Jet M404 DN printer (USB not Wireless). The printer shows up in the printer memory. It will print a test page from there and will print from emails but won't print anything from ...
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Printer not detected but present on cups server
I have a Brother printer with following configuration:
Description: Brother HL-L2360D series
Location: localhost.localdomain
Driver: Brother HL-L2360D for CUPS (grayscale, 2-sided printing)
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Can't connect to printer "Unable to locate printer "877725000000.local"."
I'm using Linux Mint 20.1, trying to connect to my printer over a WiFi network. I found instructions to install CUPS from the terminal and create the printer interface. However, when I try to print ...
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What are the "CUPS" credentials when trying to add a printer via CUPS web interface?
I've supposedly installed the driver for a printer I want to start using on my Linux system (never mind exactly how). Now, I visit http://localhost:631/ to access the CUPS interface. This works, but ...
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Printer is always "waiting for the printer to become available"
My printer used to work very well with CUPS and the named driver. Since a while, it often shows the German equivalent of
Waiting for the printer to become available
(original: "Warte darauf ...
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Why CUPS prints a blank page when the files contain a barcode?
Recently I installed a Canon UFR2 Printer Driver for Linux I own a iR1730 and I tryng to print a pdf file using lp command. I got to identify a "incompatibility" to read a code bar like this
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How to completely uninstal HPLIP
I have this annoying popup every time I start my pc and I don't know how to eliminate it and either the HPLIP.
I tried this method without success https://askubuntu.com/questions/1056077/how-to-...
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Linux Printer - retry job on another printer
Suppose a printer is disconnected either by power failure or by network failure,
When I give it this command lp -d printername my_file.txt the print job would be on hold, so lpstat -W "not-...
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Are printer drivers still necessary? [closed]
When adding a new printer in CUPS, one can either use a driver for the specific printer model, or use "driverless printing". As far as I can understand, virtually every new printer now supports ...
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Are Avahi and Bonjour compatible?
I would like to set up a network printer on my Linux desktop (Parabola GNU/Linux, derivative of Arch) so that my wife can connect to it with her Macbook. I understand that Linux uses Avahi to share ...
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Very slow printing with Dymo Label-Printer on Raspbian and CUPS
I have a problem with label printing on a Raspberry Pi:
When I start a print on a Dymo LabelWriter 450 Turbo with CUPS and drivers from matthiasbock/dymo-cups-drivers it takes about 6-7 seconds until ...
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Debian 9 I am getting "N: Skipping acquire of configured file..." when updating
I have recently been getting the following message when updating. The
N: Skipping acquire of configured file...
is concerning me. I have looked around to see if there was a solution, but could not ...
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Thermal Printer - Send image via /dev/usb/lp0
I am working with a Raspberry Pi Zero W, and I am attempting to print an image (jpg/png) file to the printer. Currently, I am having success using commands such as echo "hello" /dev/usb/lp0 and ...
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Releasing job in CUPS administration does not work
In the CUPS administration interface on localhost:631 for a local USB printer, clicking on "Release job" button claims that the job is released, but when going back to the list of tasks, the job is ...
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libcups2-dev won't install because of libcupsimage2-dev
I'm running Raspbian and want to install Splix, for which I need libcupsimage2-dev, so I installed it using apt-get, which yielded an error saying it has a dependency on "libcupsimage2-dev" which won'...
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