Cups Problem
by TBotNik from LinuxQuestions.org on (#50BR4)
All,
From my server having problems correctly installing my Brother DCP L2540W printer.
Downloaded the driver source from Brother. Ran the install. Always comes up with my Pantum printer driver installed instead. Modifying the printer to the right driver also does not work.
Server is on Cups 1.7.2 running Kubuntu 14.o4! Upgrading Laptop to 18.04 as soon as parts come in for disk imaging backup. Then will upgrade server to 18.04 if stable (takes 2 year for and LTS version to stabilize, so why just converting as 16.04 was a total waste.)
Cups.org show cups 2.3.1 as oldest supported version, so want to upgrade CUPs to see if that fixes the issue.
Cannot find a HOWTO on upgrading to 2.3.1! Only find HOWTOs on fresh installs and those usually cause problems with an app (CUPs) already installed. All other HOWTOs just say use "apt-get install cups" which will just re-install 1.7.2 if I run that.
Need the right info to get this done. All help appreciated!
Cheers!
TBNK
From my server having problems correctly installing my Brother DCP L2540W printer.
Downloaded the driver source from Brother. Ran the install. Always comes up with my Pantum printer driver installed instead. Modifying the printer to the right driver also does not work.
Server is on Cups 1.7.2 running Kubuntu 14.o4! Upgrading Laptop to 18.04 as soon as parts come in for disk imaging backup. Then will upgrade server to 18.04 if stable (takes 2 year for and LTS version to stabilize, so why just converting as 16.04 was a total waste.)
Cups.org show cups 2.3.1 as oldest supported version, so want to upgrade CUPs to see if that fixes the issue.
Cannot find a HOWTO on upgrading to 2.3.1! Only find HOWTOs on fresh installs and those usually cause problems with an app (CUPs) already installed. All other HOWTOs just say use "apt-get install cups" which will just re-install 1.7.2 if I run that.
Need the right info to get this done. All help appreciated!
Cheers!
TBNK