Questions tagged [printing]
Questions regarding printing and how to set up printers.
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Printers stopped working yesterday 28/11. CUPS upgrade? [closed]
Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS no longer lists printers on my computer . Poked around on system and eventually found this error message
Unknown directive JobPrivateAccess on line 123 of /etc/cups/cupsd.conf.
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Printing Service is not available after software update on 24.04
After receiving a system wide software update suddenly printing services are not available. At this point, cups appears to be unable to run.
cupsd -t shows an error for
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Enable double-sided printing on HP printer
I've been unable to enable to enable duplex printing on an HP LaserJet Pro MFP M130nw printer on a computer running Ubuntu 24.04 after reinstalling hplip (hplip-3.25.8).
This related answer states:
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Canon Image class MF244DW printer is not working on upgradation to Ubuntu 25.10
I have a Canon ImageCLASS MF244dw (USB) printer. It was working perfectly on Ubuntu 25.04, but after upgrading to Ubuntu 25.10 (questing) it completely stopped printing.
What works
The same printer ...
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Printing results in stripes (not full lines) within the print missing
When I go to print some documents (both created by LibreOffice, and PDFs printed from Okular / Browser), the printer is able to print the page, but really sloppily, as some parts of lines (not the ...
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HP ENVY Photo 6200 won't print
When trying to print a test page the printer queue shows as "Stopped"
Kubuntu 24.04, network printer
Reading some other posts I tried:-
Remove the printer
sudo hp-setup -i
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How can I get the raw IPv4 or IPv6 address of my CUPS printers? [duplicate]
I'm trying to find the actual IP address (IPv4 or IPv6) of printers configured via CUPS on my Ubuntu system.
When I run:
lpstat -v
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device for HP_DeskJet: ipps://HP1234.local:631/ipp/print
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Printer error "No suitable host found"
After a fresh install of Kubuntu 24.04 my HP ENVY Photo 6200 won't print, print queue shows "No suitable host found".
Have seen several posts on this topic but none of them help.
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How do I manually install firmware for an HP laserjet 1020 printer
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HP LaserJet 1020 fails on both Ubuntu 20.04 and 24.04 to fetch nessesary firmware. The printer requires firmware to be uploaded on every power cycle, but the automatic setup process hangs and ...
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Can I set up Ubuntu to be an IP printer?
I have a machine that can print labels (ZPL), but only to IP printers. I want to test my labels first by printing to a virtual printer that generates PDFs. The solution I came up with is to set up ...
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Printer fails to print graphics
I am trying to print .jpegs, etc on an Epson 3880 printer.
The printer used to run fine - and print any graphics cleanly and well until a month or so ago. I can see it from the network it sits on. It ...
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Ubuntu 24.04 Network printer not printing
I have used a network Epson printer for years with various versions of Ubuntu. I'm currently on Ubuntu 24.04. After a recent update I can no longer print to the network printer. I have:
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Why did test pages stuck in queue as "pending" for several hours pop out after a date change?
I had an air print printer, an HP Envy 6000 become unavailable to Linux, iOS, and Windows after I had to power cycle the wireless router, a TP-Link 1750, perhaps because this router is a dual band ...
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I can't connect a Canon ImageClass D570 printer to Raspberry Pi 5/ Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
There is no connection to the printer, Canon ImageClass D570. The PPD file is missing and the database doesn't mention this type of printer, Canon ImageClass D570. Canon had 2 linux compressed files ...
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Printer error in Jammy Jellyfish
I just upgraded from Ocelot to Jammy Jellyfish. Jammy either gives me a printer error (I have a HP Envy 5530) or says it's processing my job and nothing happens. The Envy worked fine on Ocelot. Jammy ...
