Wiped out my Lexmark CS417 printer function - No cups either
by LinWinux from LinuxQuestions.org on (#566R0)
This has been my pet peeve with Linux since I started using Linux back in 2009. Getting printers to work properly and consistently can often be a major pain in the rear. I have a Lexmark CS417 color laser printer connected via USB to my machine. No matter what I've tried in the past, due to a lack of clear step by step instructions I've never been able to install this printer manually without a .deb file. Using the Start ---> System ---> Printer settings, the printer would be found, supposedly installed, but then fails to work properly. By that I mean to say that it literally works whenever the heck it feels like it. PDF files print more often than libreoffice files. But all files fail whenever they feel like it, just spitting out a page with errors on it. It's all totally irregular without rhyme nor reason.
Printing PDF files from the Browser has always worked in Chromium ... but not in Firefox or with Brave Browser.
So I've resorted to always turning new office docs into pdf before printing. How ridiculous is that?
Last week I wanted to connect the printer over network settings so my wife could print from it on her machine as well. Silly me, totally forgot that the network module had to be purchased separately which I opted not to do at the time (3 years ago). In order to connect the printer via network settings I went ahead and used above printer settings, then selected ----> SERVER ----> CONNECT ... and instantly wiped out my ability to print.
Now there's a window with PRINT SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE, then on the next line SELECT ANOTHER SERVICE.
I can not make this window change anything. I cannot cancel out of anything. I cannot quit the process. I cannot locate another network service (duh). And I can't even find the process within the task manager in order for me to cancel it out.
I have totally hosed my print ability.
I've been working on this issue since last week and there's no doubt in my mind that I've thoroughly screwed everything up even more since there's so little helpful information (that would make sense to me) avaialble. I don't want to re-install my system from scratch.
Can someone help me *PURGE* *EVERYTHING* *PRINTER* and *CUPS* related, followed by helping me to install all of the printer related functions with cups included, again? I would really appreciate it. Thank you.
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Printing PDF files from the Browser has always worked in Chromium ... but not in Firefox or with Brave Browser.
So I've resorted to always turning new office docs into pdf before printing. How ridiculous is that?
Last week I wanted to connect the printer over network settings so my wife could print from it on her machine as well. Silly me, totally forgot that the network module had to be purchased separately which I opted not to do at the time (3 years ago). In order to connect the printer via network settings I went ahead and used above printer settings, then selected ----> SERVER ----> CONNECT ... and instantly wiped out my ability to print.
Now there's a window with PRINT SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE, then on the next line SELECT ANOTHER SERVICE.
I can not make this window change anything. I cannot cancel out of anything. I cannot quit the process. I cannot locate another network service (duh). And I can't even find the process within the task manager in order for me to cancel it out.
I have totally hosed my print ability.
I've been working on this issue since last week and there's no doubt in my mind that I've thoroughly screwed everything up even more since there's so little helpful information (that would make sense to me) avaialble. I don't want to re-install my system from scratch.
Can someone help me *PURGE* *EVERYTHING* *PRINTER* and *CUPS* related, followed by helping me to install all of the printer related functions with cups included, again? I would really appreciate it. Thank you.
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