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Massimo B. Veteran


Joined: 09 Feb 2005 Posts: 1916 Location: PB, Germany
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Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2025 11:36 am Post subject: |
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NeddySeagoon wrote: | CUPS is moving towards 'driverless printing'. | Ok, what do I need to do in Cups?
I found https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Driverless_printing and followed, some Code: | echo 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor ...' | lp | works and prints successfully.
driverless complains about missing ippfind. Do I need that to generate a generic PPD for driverless printing? This is all very confusing.
If almost all common printers need migration, there should be a news or wiki about what to do.
Currently the Gutenprint ppd works, but this will be broken soon when driverless printing migration is finished, true? _________________ HP ZBook Power G9 i7-12700H,64GB DDR5|HP ProDesk 600 G5 i7-9700,128GB DDR4 |
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NeddySeagoon Administrator


Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Posts: 55458 Location: 56N 3W
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Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2025 12:05 pm Post subject: |
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Massimo B.,
I wimped out of setting up driverless printing here when I lost cups-filters.
I read about driverless printing and discovered that cups-filters was no longer installed by default.
Installing cups-filters here restored normality.
As I understand it, no PPD is required but as I say, I left driverless printing for another day.
Certainly, WiFI Direct, from Android, works here.
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'soon' will be a long time. Older printers will never support driverless printing. _________________ Regards,
NeddySeagoon
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xevra n00b


Joined: 04 Feb 2025 Posts: 52 Location: United States
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Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2025 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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Hello,
I have recently purchased a Canon Pixma MG2500 printer, and have attempted to follow the instructions here: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Printing#Locally_attached_printer_.28USB.29 to set it up.
I am still relatively new, and don't understand the kernel stuff super well, but I am using a distribution kernel, and it does not feel the need to re-install when I add the usb USE flag.
I was able to emerge cups and system-config-printer.
I also installed net-print/cnijfilter2 and net-print/gutenprint driver packages.
I have added myself to the lp and lpadmin groups, and enabled the cupsd service in openrc.
From the GUI I was able to find the printer. It is listed as my only printer (Canon-MG2500).
When I attempt to print the test page, CUPS reports a resounding success, and says the task has completed. However, the printer does not print the test page (or anything else).
I have also installed net-print/gtklp, net-print/cups-meta, net-fs/samba packages and rebooted the machine a few times while attempting to find a solution.
Where should I look next? |
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