On Mon 15 Jun 2015 at 15:22:48 -0400, Maureen L Thomas wrote: > I have un-installed and re-installed cups. I used the add printer > feature from the menu items under my name. It comes up with various > items that can be changed and printer is one of them. It is locked so I
The name of the software being used was wanted. It appears it is not hplip or the web interface at http://localhost:631. Not that it would necessarily make any difference apart from getting a different error message. > unlocked it with the root password. I went through all the steps and at > the very end it says 'printer could not be added'. I then tried from > the main menu under system tools and it did the same thing. When I plug > the printer in before a message would pop up and ask if you wanted to > install it, now there is nothing. We assume the printer is connected by USB, Please post the outputs of these three commands: lpstat -t lpinfo -m | grep "1000.*ppd.*HP" lpinfo -v (with the printer plugged in). >From the list obtained in the second command's output say which line(s) correspond to your printer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/15062015225042.69d668ac5...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk