Previously when i had FossaPup64 on my laptop i got Cups to automatically print on my wifi connected HP Officejet 8600 Pro printer but when I tried to set up my printer on BoookwormPup64 Cups didn't show my printer. What would cause this?
BookwormPup CUPS doesn't see my wifi connected printer
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Re: printer setup
paperboy1994 wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2024 2:41 pmPreviously when i had FossaPup64 on my laptop i got Cups to automatically print on my wifi connected HP Officejet 8600 Pro printer but when I tried to set up my printer on BoookwormPup64 Cups didn't show my printer. What would cause this?
I've noticed using cups that in order to get cups to see a network printer, the firewall needs to be disabled. I would try that first if you haven't already.
I don't use bookworm, but on all the distros I do use, I install hplip, and if cups doesn't automatically see the printer, it's possible to install it using a terminal command hp-setup which will step you through the setup.
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Re: printer setup
Previously when i had FossaPup64 on my laptop i got Cups to automatically print on my wifi connected HP Officejet 8600 Pro printer but when I tried to set up my printer on BoookwormPup64 Cups didn't show my printer. What would cause this?
For cups to see the printer browsing has to be on and by default I don't believe it is.
You should be able to set it up anyway if you printer is fairly new it should support ipp printing. Just search for does my printer_name support ipp printing
1 Add a new printer
2 use: " ipp://your printer ip address/ " without the quotes (you can get this from the printer) Note it must be a static address
3 for the driver use " Generic IPP Everywhere TM "
4 then print a test page
If your printer doesn't support ipp printing you can still set it up like by using http://your printer ip address
and the the ppd file for your printer.
Edit you may need to play around with the trailing slash
when I set my printer up using http:// I did not need the trailing slash
when I set my printer up using ipp:// I did need the trailing slash
I have a brother printer other's my be differnet