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Re: CUPS doesn't see USB printer after being offline 2 weeks



On Sun, 20 Feb 2005, Kenward Vaughan wrote:
> It still shows up in the interface, which is where that error message
> originates, but CUPS refuses to allow me to change anything, despite my
> logging in as root under the administrative label.  

Add your user to the lpadmin group, and configure CUPS correctly to handle
authentication of your user and host as required.  The CUPS user manual
explains how to (and it is just like doing the same to apache 1.3...).

Meanwhile, try to run "enable <printername>" as root.

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  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh



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