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Unable to add a printer in Arch Linux phosh #363

Closed jsarkari closed 2 years ago

jsarkari commented 2 years ago

Steps to reproduce

Open settings, printers Add a printer

Expected behavior

Ability to add a printer on wifi etc

Actual behavior

Sorry! The system printing service doesn't seem to be available.

Logfiles and additional information

Danct12 commented 2 years ago

The error can be fixed by installing cups and enable the service, I'll enable this for the next image.

jsarkari commented 2 years ago

I installed cups:

sudo pacman -S cups

So I can now add a printer via wifi or usb directly however I then got a system notification:

Additional Printer Drivers Required An application is reqesting additional printer drivers.

Find in Software

This is an EPSON ET-2750 printer.

Danct12 commented 2 years ago

Hi, it looks like your printer requires a driver (see Arch Wiki).

Please try to build and install the driver for your specific printer (for your printer, it should be epson-inkjet-printer-escpr from AUR), this might make the printer working.

jsarkari commented 2 years ago

I have managed to add the printer using the cups website but currently when I print anything I just get blank pages. I downloaded the driver in ppd format for my printer and tried to add that but I don't think it adds it. So I am trying different options via the localhost:631 but no luck yet.

Danct12 commented 2 years ago

I unfortunately do not have a printer (nor is your printer model), so I cannot check this out. Maybe a bit search around the internet may help.

jsarkari commented 2 years ago

Yes I am doing some research to resolve the issues. I have now managed to add the ppd file via localhost:631 so getting closer.

Danct12 commented 2 years ago

This is now included in Phosh and Plasma images. I'll be closing this as this seems to be a issue with your printer model under Linux.