Re: CUPS printer on Debian 11.6
On Sun 05 Feb 2023 at 20:52:42 +0000, Russell L. Harris wrote:
> Fresh installation of Debian 11.6 on Dell Vostro 200 (Intel Core 2).
>
> The Vostro 200 is being added to a home LAN with Debian 11.6 running
> on a nondescript desktop (amd64) and a HP Laserjet P3015 Postscript
> (Ethernet). The amd64 machine works perfectly with the P3015.
>
> The printer configuration on both machines appears identical:
>
> DRIVER: HP LaserJet Series PCL 6 CUPS (grayscale)
> Connection: socket://192.168.1.211:9100
>
> (1) The printer installs on Vostro 200 but does not print.
Symptoms of not printing? Provide outputs for 'lpstat -t'
and 'lpinfo -v'.
> (2) Should I install the P3015 as generic Postscript printer?
Unlikely to have any effect.
> (3) I cannot make sense of the new CUPS "driverless" scheme.
> Does it make my Postscript printers obsolete?
No.
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Brian.
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