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Questions tagged [printer]

Pertaining to peripheral devices which make a representation of an electronic document upon a physical medium.

printer may refer to both 2d document/photo printing as well as the new 3d printing technologies.

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Installing HP printer driver for Arch Linux

I now use a PC (of the lab where I work now) on which I have successfully installed Arch Linux not long ago. I want to connect to the HP printer there, already connected to the Ethernet of the lab. The printer is a "HP Color LaserJet M552". I have…
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List All Network Printers (including ones not installed)

It is easy to list the printers you've already installed with this command: lpstat -a However, this does not list network printers you have NOT installed. nmap will scan for all open ports on the LAN, but the list produced won't be limited to…
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LPR or CUPS print to Airprint printer

I've seen many a blog posting describing the process of using CUPS to present a non-airprint printer to iOS devices. However, I've dug high and low trying to find if anyone has figured out how to print to a printer that has an Airprint server baked…
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Stop printer jobs from terminal

I am working with an old CentOs version (5.0) that is not really my machine. Recently, for some dark reasons, I have problems in printing. The jobs rest in queue, and I cannot cancel them from the bar icon. I have tried with some terminal commands…
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need to restart cups to reach network printers

Every once in a while (not necessarily after resuming from suspend or booting) I have to sudo /etc/init.d/cups restart to see again the network printers. Is there a way to bypass this process, or what is the best way to automate it under Lubuntu…
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How to print from Arch Linux via Wi-Fi to Canon MG6450?

I have a Canon MG6450 with Wi-Fi enabled and an up-to-date Arch Linux installation with cnijfilter-mg4200 3.80-1 installed. I can see the printer in print dialogues (sometimes it takes a second to show up, presumably because it's being…
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How to use very old printer (Panasonic KX-P1170)

Both for fun and for artistic projects I'm trying to connect an old dot matrix printer, the Panasonic KX-P1170, to a certain old computer. In such old computer, which is the only one I have with a serial port, I installed a Linux operating system,…
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Linux as a network printer device (Raw, port 9100)

Is possible to configure a Linux computer to work as a "network printer device" ? I have an USB printer that I intend to share in the network like a native network printer device. Is that possible? How? NOTES: 'Autonomous' network printers usually…
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How to check if printer is out of paper

How can I check if cups printer is out of paper using commands only (no gui). EDIT: Is it possible to check that using python? EDIT2: I tried it with different printer (EPSON TM-m30). When I try to print without paper it stuck in…
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Are printer drivers still necessary?

When adding a new printer in CUPS, one can either use a driver for the specific printer model, or use "driverless printing". As far as I can understand, virtually every new printer now supports AirPrint, and should thus work with driverless…
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Logging in or plugging in a USB device wakes up network printer

I just installed Arch Linux recently and have noticed some odd behavior with the network printer (a Samsung C1860FW model). I have CUPS connected to the printer with IPP and am using a PPD from FooMatic. Whenever I log in or plug in a flash drive or…
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How can I automatically change the default printer based on the connected network?

I have a laptop I use at home and at work. When at work, I generally use one printer, and at home I use my home printer. Is there a way to automatically set the default printer to a specific printer based on the network I'm connected to? Linux Mint…
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How can I determine user base page limit for a printer?

I'm using Debian Linux. I want to determine user base page limit, different page limit for different users, for a printer. I can determine page limit for printer with CUPS but can not determine page limit for single user. How can I achieve this?
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How to add a USB printer using lpadmin

I'm trying to use this old technology called USB ;) I call it old because all the tutorial that I find on-line deal with wireless printers or IP ones. The man for lpadmin is very unclear how to go about adding a USB printer, and so I come here for…
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Removing Unknown Printer

I ran hp-setup from the hplip package to install an HP Officejet 6700 connected to the network. The setup program crashed on the first attempt, and succeeded the second time. The issue I'm having is actually with Firefox's print dialog (possibly…
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