From: Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Network printer not being found
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2020 12:30:44 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5405932.DvuYhMxLoT@peak> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2523370.KRxA6XjA2N@lenovo.localdomain>
On Friday, 30 October 2020 18:23:38 GMT Michael wrote:
> On Friday, 30 October 2020 16:49:31 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote:
--->8
> We're confusing means of communication with the printer, or I am. The in-
> kernel USB Printer support is deprecated and most printer software no longer
> support it.
The menuconfig Help page gives no hint of that.
-->8
> > I found a way, eventually. I had to declare the printer manually, under
> > Add Printer. I chose ipp and gave it the URL ipp://<ip-addr>/ipp/print.
>
> URLs imply a network connection using an ethernet cable, which is what I
> assume you were trying to set up in the first instance. Avahi/zeroconf/upnp
> will announce the printer on the network and as long as cups is compiled
> with USE="zeroconf" it should show up when you go to Administration > Add
> Printer.
It didn't. That's the problem - well, the first one anyway.
I think I'll recover a kernel config from some months ago and see if that
helps. More straws being clutched at...
--
Regards,
Peter.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-10-31 12:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-29 14:16 [gentoo-user] Network printer not being found Peter Humphrey
2020-10-29 19:25 ` Michael
2020-10-30 11:20 ` Peter Humphrey
2020-10-30 11:51 ` Michael
2020-10-30 16:49 ` Peter Humphrey
2020-10-30 18:23 ` Michael
2020-10-31 12:30 ` Peter Humphrey [this message]
2020-10-31 17:06 ` Michael
2020-10-30 1:44 ` William Kenworthy
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