Questions tagged [cups]
CUPS stands for Common Unix Printing System, is an open source printing system allowing computer to become a print server and manage the printers on the network.
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Find document containing specific strings among all completed jobs in CUPS 2.4.2
Linux Debian. Some time ago I created Libreoffice Writer document and printed it, but didn't save it. I want to find it electronic copy. How to find a document containing specific strings (in body ...
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CUPS printer problem
Job for cups.service failed because the control process exited with exit status error failure 1 code ○ cups.service - CUPS Scheduler Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/cups.service; enabled; ...
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Canon printer not working in ArchLinux
Printer is a Canon Pixma MG3650S. I'm using the cnijfilter2 AUR package that I manually enabled debug logging on. First of all, this printer worked when I was using Ubuntu, and tried an openSUSE live ...
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CUPS shows connection page after selecting local printer
I'm trying to set up a wireless print server for my Zebra LP2844, using a Raspberry Pi 3B. I'm a complete newbie so I've been following [this] [https://youtu.be/P3XRi-CD1a0?si=dZn_Wm8ekS8z0soQ&t=...
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Workaround: Cups error adding network printer - 'server-error-internal-error'
Here is a workaround to Cups errors when adding a network printer. Hopefully a real solution will follow one day. Using a GUI tool you try to add a printer. You expand the list of network printers and ...
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Printer appears and dissapears from printing menu
When printing a PDF using Atril document viewer, I get the following weird behaviour. The needed printer is the one dissapearing (it is a network printer, using Line Printer Deamon protocol, lpd). ...
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Very long delay before printing via WiFi
Debian 11 (bullseye). Recently I installed new printer Brother HL-L2400DW, it has USB and wireless connectivity. I have CUPS on http://localhost:631/printers/ The problem is printer has a very long ...
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How to Make a Custom Banner Page on CUPS on Linux?
On macOS, the creation of banner pages for cups is simple: you create a file prepended with #CUPS-BANNER and then write certain parameters for headers, footers, and information to be displayed. ...
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Cups says 'Waiting for printer to become available'
My Brother HL-110 printer is not printing anymore. There's no output corresponding to the printer in lsusb and in http://localhost:631/printers/HL-1110 it says Waiting for printer to become available. ...
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Printing from Windows to CUPS with Raw queue
(I'm sorry for duplicating this question from Raspberry Pi Stack Exchange, but i think, that the problem is not related to a specific UNIX-os) I have a problem setting up a printer in my office. First ...
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Print error on Debian 12 CUPS: "is cups-browsed running?"
System: Debian 12. I get an error message in CUPS after having installed a PPD file (from Settings > Printers). Here is the message: "Use "pdftops-renderer" option (see cups-filters ...
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Samsung SCX-3205 multi function device fails to scan (with sane) after printing (with cups)
I have a very old Samsung SCX-3205 printer/copier/scanner. It scans fine and works fine. HOWEVER, when I print with CUPS, it stops scanning. "scanimage -L" tells for the first run after ...
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Why does CUPS attempt to open ecryptfs wrapped-passphrase?
I am trying to add a printer manually via the CUPS web interface (http://localhost:631/admin/) but it is not working. I see that when I click "Add printer", a username/password dialog pops ...
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On Linux, what does 'browsing on/off' do in cupsd.conf?
I am setting up a Bonjour print server using CUPS and Avahi. I am curious about the function of the following line in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf. Browsing on This line seems independent of the cups-browsed ...
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Trying to get a brother laserjet working with CUPS on a raspberry pi 3
I have a raspberry pi 3 with laterst raspberry pi OS, webmin, samba, and cups installed on it. Have a brother HL-L2300D laserjet hooked up with USB. The printer is listed on the printers page of ...
