Artix Linux Forum

Artix Linux => System => Topic started by: 2jcm on 04 November 2020, 22:03:30

Title: No Printer Installer
Post by: 2jcm on 04 November 2020, 22:03:30
There is no Printer listed in the Control Center or in The Main Menu. I installed hplip with the terminal, but I don't know what else I should do now. Any help would sure be appreciated, thanks.
Title: Re: Printer Installer
Post by: tintin on 05 November 2020, 04:08:59
There is no Printer listed in the Control Center or in The Main Menu. I installed hplip with the terminal, but I don't know what else I should do now. Any help would sure be appreciated, thanks.

Bonjour,
If you have OpenRC, try this :
sudo pacman -S cups-openrc gutenprint
sudo rc-update add cupsd

And add you to cups group :
sudo groupadd cups
sudo usermod -a -G cups user

sudo reboot

Title: Re: Printer Installer
Post by: alium on 05 November 2020, 09:08:41
There is no Printer listed in the Control Center or in The Main Menu. I installed hplip with the terminal, but I don't know what else I should do now. Any help would sure be appreciated, thanks.

and will you tell us the sweet secret of how and which printer you install, or should we - as usual - use our oracle balls?
and you should read this mandatory too  8) https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,1923.0.html

Thank you
Title: Re: Printer Installer
Post by: alium on 05 November 2020, 09:19:03
Bonjour,
If you have OpenRC, try this :
sudo pacman -S cups-openrc gutenprint
sudo rc-update add cupsd

And add you to cups group :
sudo groupadd cups
sudo usermod -a -G fuse user

sudo reboot



"sudo groupadd cups"
why create a group "cups"? If he need admin printer, he need group "sys" or "wheel"  https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Users_and_groups#Group_list
He need not gutenprint, if he install hplip (evidently a HP printer). and fuse is not necessary too, printers today use USB directly (if not 30 years old printer).

My HP printer under openrc workks very well, imho without cups group:
Code: [Select]
[alium@picasso ~]$ groups
http games dbus ntp network scanner power users video storage lp disk optical audio wheel

install printer is more easier
Code: [Select]
pacman -S cups-openrc
rc-update add cupsd
rc-service cupsd start
hp-setup (if he use hplip)

if permission problem, add user to sys or wheel sudo usermod -a -G sys  user
Title: Re: No Printer Installer
Post by: 2jcm on 05 November 2020, 22:41:09
and will you tell us the sweet secret of how and which printer you install, or should we - as usual - use our oracle balls?
and you should read this mandatory too  8) https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,1923.0.html

Thank you
The printer I'm trying to install is a hp:/net/HP_Color_LaserJet_Pro_M252dw.   This came from my Mint 19.3 Mate partition. The computer is an Intel NUC using runit instead of OpenRC. Hlip-1.3.20.9-2 is up to date. This did add an Other to my main menu with
"hp-uiscan" that does nothing when clicked. I sent the 4 links to paste.artixlinux.org last month when you helped me with [SOLVED]USBAudo Device. Do you think I should just reinstall with OpenRC?
Title: Re: No Printer Installer
Post by: alium on 05 November 2020, 23:19:51
so install cups-runit instead cups-openrc

https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Main/Runit#Basic_usage <-- how add and start cups (runit service) under runit
install first driver of your printer via hp-setup (or web interface)
Title: Re: No Printer Installer
Post by: tintin on 06 November 2020, 04:00:28
Bonjour,
I recently had a problem with Canon ip3000 printer jerky printing: after creating the cups group and adding the user to that group, the issue was resolved.

I also saw on this forum that the creation of the cups group was recommended:
https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,1449.msg10072.html#msg10072https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,1449.msg10072.html#msg10072


Quote
If he need admin printer, he need group "sys" or "wheel"  https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Users_and_groups#Group_list
Ok, I note. Thank you.


Quote
He need not gutenprint, if he install hplip (evidently a HP printer).
Indeed. And a saving of 33MB ...
I suspected it by copying my notes, but since I was not sure, I told myself that it would not interfere.

Quote
and fuse is not necessary too, printers today use USB directly (if not 30 years old printer).
Oops, sorry for the slip (lapsus linguae). :-[


Quote
My HP printer under openrc workks very well, imho without cups group
My Canon ip3000, no.
Or did the problem come from elsewhere? ...


Quote
install printer is more easier
Code: [Select]
pacman -S cups-openrc
rc-update add cupsd
rc-service cupsd start
hp-setup (if he use hplip)

if permission problem, add user to sys or wheel sudo usermod -a -G sys  user
Thanks for correcting!
Title: Re: No Printer Installer
Post by: alium on 06 November 2020, 09:24:33
Quote
My Canon ip3000, no.
For canon Pixma 3000  Canon has not released a proprietary iP3000 Driver. You must install and use gutenprint . That is reason, why i never bought canon -> because Canon provides no linux support (how is actually situation i dont know).
Title: Re: No Printer Installer
Post by: tintin on 06 November 2020, 09:57:57
For canon Pixma 3000  Canon has not released a proprietary iP3000 Driver. You must install and use gutenprint . That is reason, why i never bought canon -> because Canon provides no linux support (how is actually situation i dont know).
It is a printer that I inherited...
For the reasons you mention, I don't buy Canon equipment either. >:(
In my reply to 2jcm, I had copied and pasted my procedure for Canon and forgot to remove "gutenprint". :-[