Re: brave browser cannot print.
On Tue 14 Dec 2021 at 19:29:46 +0000, Tim Woodall wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Dec 2021, Brian wrote:
>
> > On Tue 14 Dec 2021 at 06:35:20 +0000, Tim Woodall wrote:
> >
> > > Someone off-list suggested vivaldi which looks closer to what I want a
> > > browser to be - many/most things being configurable (and much closer to
> > > what firefox used to be) so I'm probably going to stop using brave.
> > > However, I've replied inline below to the questions.
> > > (printing works in vivaldi too)
> >
> > Probably a good change in direction. Thanks for the info. I'll pursue
> > it for interest's sake.
> >
> > > On Mon, 13 Dec 2021, Brian wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Sun 12 Dec 2021 at 18:11:55 +0000, Tim Woodall wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I've installed brave-browser but it cannot print. I get:
> > > > >
> > > > > "The selected printer is not available or not installed correctly. Check
> > > > > your printer or try selecting another"
> > > > >
> > > > > This machine is using cups. The printer is on a remote host. Everything
> > > > > else seems to work, openoffice, firefox, chrome. Just brave having this
> > > > > problem.
> > > >
> > > > Looks like a problem with Brave and not the printing system. The remote
> > > > host is running CUPS? What is the make and model of the attached printer?
> > > >
> > > > > Anybody got any ideas? I'm using xfce on buster for this at the moment.
> > > >
> > > > Please give 'lpstat -t' and 'lpinfo -v' on the client machine.
> > > >
> > >
> > > tim@dirac:~ (none)$ lpstat -t
> > > scheduler is running
> > > system default destination: Samsung_SCX-4x25_Series
> > > device for Samsung_SCX-4x25_Series:
> > > ipps://cups:631/printers/Samsung_SCX-4x25_Series
> >
> > This URI (device) and the others do not seem correct to me. For a
> > remote host with hostname HOSTNAME I'd expect a URI like this:
> >
> > ipps://HOSTNAME.local:631/printers/Samsung_SCX-4x25_Series
> >
> cups is resolved locally.
>
> tim@dirac:~ (none)$ host cups
> cups.home.woodall.me.uk has IPv6 address 2001:8b0:bfcd:100:...
>
> > Let's try setting up a print queue manually. Use 'ippfind -T 5'
>
> ippfind complains about bonjour not running. And it looks like I'd need
> to add some more dns records based on my quick glance at the manpag
ippfind requirea a functioning avahi-daemob on remote host and client.
The complaint needs investigation. I haven't a clue what is amiss.
--
Brian.
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