Re: repeat of previous question that has gone unansweredseveraltimes.

[gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>]

On 5/1/23 12:30, Brian wrote:
> On Mon 01 May 2023 at 11:39:29 -0400, gene heskett wrote:
>
> > On 5/1/23 11:28, Brian wrote:
> > > On Mon 01 May 2023 at 11:02:58 -0400, gene heskett wrote:
> > >
> > > > On 5/1/23 10:40, Brian wrote:
> > >
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > > > Your printing situation appears to be a sane one, so now for a test. Do
> > > > >
> > > > >      lp -d HLL2320D_coyote ANY_FILE_YOU_WANT
> > > > Is not working, shell appears frozen but eventually returns:
> > > > gene@bpi51:~$ lp -d HLL2320D_coyote printer.cfg
> > > > lp: The printer or class does not exist.
> > >
> > > But HLL2320D_coyote does exist. It is seen in the outputs of 'lpstat -l -e'
> > > and 'sudo lpinfo -v'. Give
> > >
> > >     lpoptopns -p HLL2320D_coyote
> > gene@bpi51:~$ lpoptions -p HLL2320D_coyote
> > device-uri=ipps://HLL2320D%20%40%20coyote._ipps._tcp.local/cups
> > printer-info='HLL2320D @ coyote' printer-make-and-model='Brother HL-L2320D
> > series' printer-type=25202710
>
> The print queue specified by -p is queried for some information about itself.
> Its reponse is given and it seems a very reasonable one.
>
> > >     lpoptions -p HLL2320D_coyote -l
> > gene@bpi51:~$ lpoptions -p HLL2320D_coyote -l
> > lpoptions: Unable to get PPD file for HLL2320D_coyote: The printer or class
> > does not exist.
>
> The -l option asks the queue for the specific options it offers. The response
> indicates something wrong with CUPS on bpi51. I haven't any problem when doing
> this and getting sensible outputs on my Debian unstable machine.

Which isn't quite a 1:1 comparison as that will be bookworm shortly.

Or, should I update the bullseyes to unstable? IDK and I'm not even sure 
how...

> Assuming your buster machines (which are working) have similar setups to bpi51,

Which is a bullseye machine. And has a totally different content to the 
/etc/cups directory as shown by my last post, much more complex on the 
bullseye installs that don't work.

> you couls try the two commands (and all the others in this thread) on one of
> those.
I'd think I could start by comparing cupsd.conf's, but miss And I can't 
see the trees for all this forest in the way in both, but missing is a 
client.conf. I think... But that is probably whats wrong, me thinking.

Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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