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entodoays

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From: Malta

Registered: 2014-10-25

Posts: 118

Gnome stops printing after updates [SOLVED]

Since update of system-config-printer and cups-filters the former does print to my HP Laserjet P1102. I tried removing it and adding it again but I couldn't add it.

I removed foomatic-db and through CUPS web admin I managed to add a printer and print a test page but the printer is not shown in the list of available printers in Gnome so I cannot print.

I tried adding it again through system-config-printer and the printer is added but when I try to print I get a "filter failed" error. It tells me to run hplip-plugin but this fails because it requires python2 instead of python3.

How do I go about solving this issue?

Thanks for your help.

Last edited by entodoays (2015-02-13 13:08:59)

entodoays

Member

From: Malta

Registered: 2014-10-25

Posts: 118

Re: Gnome stops printing after updates [SOLVED]

It seems that there has been changes requiring printers to be shared to be able to be seen by Gnome. Adding the printer through localhost:631 and setting them as shared solves the issue.

It shouldn't be necessary to share printers to be able to print from the local machine.