[SOLVED]Kyocera Ecosys P6235CDN & CUPS So Near Yet So Far

ShadowMetis · Last edited by ShadowMetis on Mon Oct 11, 2021 12:47 am; edited 1 time in total

I'm trying to get my Kyocer printer installed using the guide in Gentoo's documentation. There are no open source drivers available however the manufacturer has RPMs available for other distributions. I grabbed a PPD out of one of these RPMs and was able to get the printer to communicate with CUPS. I know it's connected because I'm able to print the printer's default print page. Upon trying to send anything to the printer from my Gentoo install it fails to print. Initially gave an error about not finding filters. I copied the filters from the RPM but then I started getting Python errors because it uses Python 2. I tried updating the file but I just don't know enough about Python so I hit a stopping point. Now I've installed Python2.7 slotted however there are some dependencies I'm lacking and the accept_python variable for these 2 dependencies doesn't seem to allow for python2.7. I tried a couple ways to force it based off Gentoos documentation but I can't seem to get it to work. I'm open to any way to get this printer working. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

figueroa · Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2021 3:22 am Post subject:

Instead of polluting your system, you should be able to find a generic color PCL6 driver (and maybe postscript) to drive this printer. From specifications:

jburns · Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2021 3:51 am Post subject:

You should be able to select a driverless option when you configure the printer.

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2021 11:02 am Post subject:

ShadowMetis,

Use the method in this post to provide some information from cups.
One of the logs is going to be too big for a post, so be sure to put it onto a pastebin.
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ShadowMetis · Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2021 12:47 am Post subject:

Was able to get everything working (including duplex & color printing) using one of the generic drivers in the portage package net-print/gutenprint. Thanks for the help everyone!