On Wed 27 Jan 2021 at 11:52:48 +0000, Chris Bainbridge wrote: > > However, the content is perplexing. I do not have Python or coding > > skills but, looking at HPLIP's os_utils.py, I find > > Sorry, you are right, I thought I hadn't installed hplip but it is > installed due to a dependency.
'apt rdepends hplip' shows only a single Recommends: and it does not seem a likely candidate for installation. Are you using Gnome? Is there any great complaint from 'apt purge hplip'? > The hpfax/hplip error appears when plugging in a USB printer: > > Jan 27 11:49:24 debian hpfax[10666]: [10666]: error: Failed to create > /var/spool/cups/tmp/.hplip I wonder what is activating hpfax. and why? Pluggong in the printer starts udev-configure-printer. Is the error line still there without system-config-printer-udev on the system? Regards, Brian.