Why is installing a printer still such a PITA
by FrizzledOldButt from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6J8RX)
I've been using Linux since before 2000.
In my experience printer installation has always been and remains flaky.
Why?
Again today, my LinuxMint client notebook dropped the connection to the Brother Laser printer connected to my Ubuntu 22.04 server. It was working yesterday.
RDP'ing into the server all seems well with the server & printer.
OK, what to do? I know, drop the printer on the server and re-install. Bingo, now the client PC sees it again.
Rinse, wash, repeat....
</sigh>
PS The above is rhetorical. I feel better now.
In my experience printer installation has always been and remains flaky.
Why?
Again today, my LinuxMint client notebook dropped the connection to the Brother Laser printer connected to my Ubuntu 22.04 server. It was working yesterday.
RDP'ing into the server all seems well with the server & printer.
OK, what to do? I know, drop the printer on the server and re-install. Bingo, now the client PC sees it again.
Rinse, wash, repeat....
</sigh>
PS The above is rhetorical. I feel better now.