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Strangely there haven't been any recent cups updates in Ubuntu 14.04:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/+source/cups/+changelog, do you have
any idea what update caused the problem? Have a look to see what
packages have been installed in this file: /var/log/apt/history.log
Please provide the
Dear Pascal,
the problems began when I did the fresh install of Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit
in April, ( a fresh install rather than an upgrade). There are some
large log files which record that, which I have attached.
I am sure I remember a cups update since that date, which I hoped would
sort out
Normally the cups webinterface is not needed since Ubuntu uses
system-config-printer (run it from a terminal) for automatic printer driver
setup, does it work to add you printer manually there? If not please provide
the information from step 3.
Also provide the missing information from step 1,
Pascal,
here are the results from running those terminal commands
tony@tony-Inspiron-660s:~$ system-config-printer
Unknown value for media-col: (unknown IPP value tag 0x34)
Choices: [u'media-bottom-margin', u'media-left-margin',
u'media-right-margin', u'media-size', u'media-source',
Dear Pascal,
Thank you for your assistance. I just discovered the hidden control
panel for CUPS on localhost/631 a few days ago, by accident when trying
out a different Linux OS (Puppy Linux) which had an item in its main
menu to Add Printer. Having seen that I tried it on my Ubuntu 14.04 64
Normally this printer should automatically get set up with the Stylus
S20 gutenprint driver.
1) Please provide the following information:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingPrintingProblems#USB_printer
2) Try manually setting up your printer in the cups webinterface:
http://localhost:631/admin
