12-10-2019, 05:23 PM
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(12-07-2019, 02:17 PM)Arwen Wrote: CUPS is a bit annoying, (and this is from someone who used the original before the name change and all the improvements). The username is generally "root", which I don't recall the default password. (You should change the defaults at some point in your Pinebook Pro experimentation.)
In case you don't know, CUPS is generally managed though this web page:
http://localhost:631/
I try to use network attached printers, which are more complicated than USB attached printers. But, it's a reasonable interface to configure printers.
One thing to think about. I create several printers. For example;
- Default BW text
- Color text
- BW text, double sided
- Color text, double sided
- Color photograph, 4x6
- Color photograph 8.5x11
You can change the print parameters on the "fly", but I find it easier to have multiple printer definitions.
After I installed CUPS, I get this screen which shows my printers when I CTRL-P
This is very encouraging. However, none of these work. They print mostly blank pages. They must need printer drivers.
The localhost:631 doesn't show any of these printers and I can't find them with Search.