On Fri, 2020-01-17 at 18:08 +0000, MJ Ray wrote:
On Sat, 4 Jan 2020 20:39:01 +0000 Phil Thane phil@pthane.co.uk wrote:
[...] It detects the shared printer OK but doesn't list the maker (Samsung). I guess that's because Samsung haven't released an ARM driver. I've never really understood why you need a locally installed driver anyway to use a printer installed on another PC (does anyone?) CUPS has an alternative for unlisted printers though, install a PPD file. So I downloaded it from Samsung and installed it. All the set up seems to go OK after that but trying to print just throws an error 'Unable to locate printer' which is weird because the setup DID locate it.
We've not needed the drivers installed locally for about a decade, have we? CUPS now includes both "Generic PDF Printer" and "IPP Everywhere" drivers and its own drivers have been required to support PDF input since version 1.6, so it should just be a case of telling CUPS on the client system to use one of the generic drivers, but I would not swear to the exact method because it's been a while since I set up a printer. I just don't seem to print that much any more and even less from a machine other than the one with the printer.
Hope that helps,
Thanks, I'll have another go tomorrow.