Dear Brian Potkin, you wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 09, 2020 at 01:48:58PM +0100, Frank Brokken wrote: > > > * What outcome did you expect instead? > > > > After the update I expected the print commands to continue working > > All present and future bugs in HPLIP can be avoided after reading > > https://wiki.debian.org/CUPSDriverlessPrinting > > I would use the driverless command and lpadmin to set up a queue.
Hi Brian, Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, now I'm left in a somewhat confused state. It's possible that I overlooked some important update item, but normally when updating programs continue to work, and if a reconfiguration is necessary then that's clearly shown in, e.g., the changelog. If I correctly understand your (above) advice then you ask me to read a document of some 20 sections, explaining the concept of 'CUPSDriverlessPrinting'. It's a thorough document, but maybe a bit over the top for users who would merely like to be able to continue printing? I've now downgraded hplip to the stable version, and all's working again. But I think an upgrade to the version in 'testing' is preferable, since my computer's normal distribution is 'testing'. Is there maybe some quick (step-by-step) upgrading guide explaining how to upgrade from the stable-release software to the testing-release software without encountering print-failures? I think such a guide would be really useful. Please advise, -- Frank B. Brokken (+31) 6 5353 2509 PGP Key Fingerprint: DF32 13DE B156 7732 E65E 3B4D 7DB2 A8BE EAE4 D8AA