Re: cups problems in bullseye
On Sun 12 Dec 2021 at 11:14:37 -0800, Gene Heskett wrote:
> I have reconfigured one of the 3 copies cups discovered for ipp-Everywhere
> getting this in the printer menu:
>
>
> Description:Brother MFC-J6920DW duplex copy Location:coyote.coyote.den Driver:MFC-J6920DW - IPP Everywhere (color, 2-sided printing)
> Connection:ipp://Brother%20MFC-J6920DW._ipp._tcp.local/ Defaults:job-sheets=none, none
> media=na_letter_8.5x11in
> sides=two-sided-long-edge
>
> but when I goto the maintenance tab an try to print a test page, cups
> does not accept me as user and my passwd that works for logins and
> sudo on a rootless system. All I can do is cancel. This is a VERY OLD
> problem I've been saddled with since at least wheezy. I assume from
> the tcp.local above its trying to use the printers net address, not its
> usb. Both are connected but the net connection is slower than the usb.
> Or I should say that was on stretch. This is bullseye now.
>
> The brother drivers, updated for bullseye are installed but don't work
> at all well. no duplex and about 15x slower than stretches install.
Let's try a driverless network solution. OK with you? Please give the
output of 'driverleess'.
--
Brian.
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