danny1262 Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 I made a clean install of Mandriva 2010. When trying to configure my printer (on a home network, printer is connected to a Windows computer) I no longer get the option to add a Windows printer using Samba. This option used to be there in 2009.1. Is this a bug or is there a package that I need to install? Samba is installed by default, I can see the network, but I am unable to locate the printer. Thanks for any help. [moved from Hardware by spinynorman - welcome aboard :)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 Have you tried to locate the printer via http://localhost:631 (the default web UI of cups, that is). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny1262 Posted November 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 Thanks for the reply scarecrow, I did not get a chance to work on that last night, I will attempt again tonight and let you know if I am able to resolve the issue. Thanks for your reply! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny1262 Posted November 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2009 Scarecrow, I was able to resolve the problem by using the CUPS web interface to install the printer. I am not quite sure how or why this worked, but it did. I would like to see the printer installation through the Mandriva control panel to return to what it was in Mandriva 2009.1 (Spring). Hopefully this is something that can be re-incorporated prior to or in the 2010.1 Spring release. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 cups has made some major changes to the API in the last few releases (even the webUI has been totally refactored), so you can expect a couple of things being still broken with a few of the frontends for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny1262 Posted November 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 I did not know that, but it makes sense. Fedora 12 has the same "problem", I was playing with the live CD yesterday and ran into the same issue with it. Apparently this is not a Mandriva issue only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cahingisore Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 what is the solution ? i'm using 2010.2 thx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Post number 4 has the solution in it. He used cups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Just get sure avahi and cups daemons are running, and open your web browser at http://localhost:631 According to the printer model, you may have to install ghostscript, hplip, gutenprint, foomatic... or some other configuration tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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