Re: Three unsolvable Problems Printer II
On Wed 27 Jul 2022 at 21:56:44 (-0400), gene heskett wrote:
> On 7/27/22 20:25, Gareth Evans wrote:
> > > On 28 Jul 2022, at 00:36, Gareth Evans <donotspam@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> > >
> > > > > [...] unless the [driverless] queue was added via lpadmin.
> > Just to correct the point, i keep forgetting, it seems even this fails with the latest cups version on Bullseye where fax printers are concerned.
> > .
> I haven't forgotten. The driverless stuff DOES NOT work, and you
> cannot delete it until you un-install the cups-browser. You can delete
> it, and cups says its deleted, but in the 5 seconds it gives you to
> read the deleted msg,
> cups-browser has recreated it again so its still there by the time you
> click on printers again. And it blocks
> the makers drivers which in the case of Brother, do everything the
> printer is capable of.
>
> Driverless might work with some of the recent $40 printers, but it is
> a long way from being ready for
> prime time on a 5 yo $700 printer.
At least you could print a test page throughout. Here
we're in danger of running before we can walk.
Cheers,
David.
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