On Fri 06 Jul 2018 at 14:02:21 -0700, Jack Bates wrote: > On 2018-06-30 06:08 AM, Brian Potkin wrote: > > On Fri 29 Jun 2018 at 13:59:06 -0700, Jack Bates wrote: > > > Why doesn't my printer show up in the GTK 3 print dialog? > > > > What does show up there (without cups running)? > > With CUPS stopped, "Print to File" and "print" show up in the Evince (GTK 3) > print dialog [1]. If I start CUPS on a *remote* machine, those queues appear > in the print dialog also (CUPS still stopped on the local machine). It > doesn't matter whether CUPS is running locally or not, the same items > appear. (The local CUPS doesn't have any queues configured.)
"print" is the printer discovered by the GTK 3 print dialog. What is the make and model of the printer you have on the network. Is it attached to a remote CUPS server which is advertising its queues? > At no time does the printer show up, although I confirm that avahi-browse > does still discover it, and it does show up in the LibreOffice (not GTK 3, I > think?) print dialog. Please do avahi-browse -art > log and post log. > I'm not sure where the "print" item comes from. If I select it, its status > changes to "Getting printer information..." and the pointer spins forever. > > [1] http://nottheoilrig.com/Screenshot%20from%202018-07-06%2013-28-55.png Very useful. I'll venture an opinion after seeing log. -- Brian.