Re: Printer weirdness
Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> wrote:
> Am Samstag, 30. Dezember 2023, 18:06:43 CET schrieb debian-
> user@howorth.org.uk:
> > Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> wrote:
> One is a Brother DCP-125j (connected via USB-cable), the other a
> Brother MFC- L3750CDW (coonnected via LAN to thze router).
>
> The Notebook is connected via WIFI to the router.
>
> Both printers do NOT have WIFI.
>
>
> > You'll probably get more help if you're more explicit about the
> > configuration. You seem to be exceptionally coy!
> >
>
>
> > What version of debian?
> Debian/stable
>
> > What specific printer models?
>
> See above.
>
> > Which printer is connected by USB? And which by LAN?
> See above.
>
> >
> > > For installation I am using CUPS and XSANE.
> > >
> > > Now to the issues:
> > >
> > > 1st question:
> > > Although there are no printers configured in CUPS, LibreOffice
> > > does see and can use the printers. My idea is, that Libreoffice
> > > is using its owb printer drivers, can that be, does someone know
> > > more?
> > >
> > > 2nd question:
> > > When installed with CUPS, there appear TWO pronters, one (for
> > > example) is called "DCP-125J" and the other one "DCP-125J_debian".
> > > However, only one of the entries is working (the one without
> > > "_debian". Where does it get its name?
> >
> > I'm guessing that the name you give is a typo? And it's actually
> > DCP-J125 since that is the name of a Brother printer. And the
> > obvious answer as to where it gets its name is from the printer
> > driver for that printer.
> >
>
> Dunno. The names appear twice, at each of one of them one name end
> with the string "_debian"
To find out what model of printer it is look at the printer and see
what is printed on it!
> The other question someone asked:
>
> The packages I mentioned I installed, were of course CUPS packages
> from the debian repo, as well as the needed packages supplied by
> Brother (which for example include the *:pp files).
Which packages? What are the names of all the packages? (not 'for
example' '*:pp')
> Hope this make things clearer.
It's like dragging blood from a stone!
> Best
>
> Hans
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