[Pkg-hpijs-devel] Bug#566692: hplip-gui: can't add printer (Printer queue setup failed)

[Mark Purcell]

On Monday 25 January 2010 03:03:48 Olivier Bonvalet wrote:
> Package: hplip-gui
> Version: 3.9.12-2
> Severity: important
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I cannot add a printer thought HPLIP Toolbox :
> - I launch "HPLIP Toolbox", then obtain a message "No Installed HP Devices Found".
> - I press "Setup Device", "Network/Ethernet[...]", "Next"
> - the printer is discovered (HP Officejet 7200 Series), I press "Next"
> - a panel "Setup Device" is shown, with my printer parameters (and "Fax Setup" checked). I confirm by clicking on "Add Printer".
> - a popup is chown "Printer queue setup failed. Please restart CUPS and try again." Of course restarting CUPS doesn't help.
> 
> This printer was working in a previous Debian version (etch or lenny, I don't remember).

Do you need to become a member of the group lpadmin?

Per the instructions located at:
/usr/share/doc/cups/README.txt.gz


If this is the case then we need to make that more explicit in the hplip installation.

Oliver, Michael, could I ask you both to check and see if the lpadmin group assists?

Mark
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