Questions tagged [printer]
Pertaining to peripheral devices which make a representation of an electronic document upon a physical medium.
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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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What's the best way to ask for source code from Epson?
Epson has a printer driver that is open source called ESCPR. This driver only supports printers up to a certain year. Newer printers are not supported by this driver. They've since ditched that one ...
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How can get my hp printer's DPI info?
I have a HP 2300 printer connected to computer running debian. How can get my hp printer's PPI info with gui (HP Device Manager) or some HPLIP command or CUPS command (lp)?
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The default "Generic" Printer throws "Could not start generic printer. Check your printer configuration". How do I make printing to PDF the default?
When I print from Libre Office and have the default "Generic" Printer, I get "Could not start generic printer. Check your printer configuration". What needs to be done so that I do ...
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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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How do I make Linux wait for /dev/usb/lp0 to have successfully printed a page?
I have a Dell 2130cn USB PCL-XL printer, and I am making a JetDirect/port 9100 print server with filters (converts PostScript to PCL-XL, converts PNG, etc.) for it. I am mostly doing this to learn how ...
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Cannot forward USB device to Proxmox LXC as it changes ID every time it is unplugged
I am setting up a printer in a Debian LXC image on Proxmox. I identified the printer in lsusb: Bus 001 Device 007: ID 04f9:01ea Brother Industries, Ltd DCP-7030 and I forward it in Proxmox (device /...
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CUPS stuck on "Processing page 1..." - Brother HL-L2300D
I have a Brother HL-L2300D that I bought used. I have it connected by USB to a Raspberry Pi running CUPS, with the printer driver from printer-driver-brlaser. I can send jobs to the printer, but they ...
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CUPS: "server-error-internal-error"
My printer has been working fine for a while but I went to use it yesterday and it wouldn't print from my LM system (LinuxMint 21.3). The printer is still found and works from my Android phone and ...
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Printer LBP6030 in Debian 12
I am using Debian 12. I bought a Canon LBP6030 printer. I installed the linux driver (linux-UFRIILT-drv-v500-uken-18.tar.gz) from their website. lpinfo -v gave me usb://Canon/LBP6030/6040/6018L?serial=...
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How can start the job in the printer's queue
List all jobs in my printer: lpq -a Rank Owner Job File(s) Total Size 1st debian 20 2482850685dzfp_2433200000024816 132096 bytes How can start the job in ...
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Printer is added to CUPS but is not detected by my client devices on the local network
In my local home network I have server with Debian 12 stable and CUPS server. Printer Epson L3100 is connected to this server. Also I have 2 client devices in local network: Android tablet and Laptop ...
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Puzzled on connect BLE printer from Linux
I am working on an embedded Linux system (kernel-5.10.24), where there is BT controller in system. Now I am testing it with a BLE printer. I got puzzled when I did following tests. run bluetoothd -- -...
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Successfully installed printer driver not recognized in Parrot OS (Debian)
I would like to use a Samsung multifunction laser printer as a local, USB-connected printer, from a recently-installed Parrot Security 5.3 OS, a security-hardened version of Debian. The Samsung ...
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Samsung CLX 3180 doesn't print colors
I recently got my hands on an old Samsung CLX 3180 laser printer. It seems to work quite well with the "Generic PCL Laser Printer" driver. Unfortunately, though, it doesn't print in color. I'...
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