On Mon, 10 May 2010 15:16:21 -0400 (EDT), Kent West wrote: > > Something I've never figured out with Debian is how to know which > package to install to get a certain printer driver. > > I know I've printed to this HP Color Laserjet CM3530 from a Debian box > before, but I have no idea what package I had installed to do so, nor > what driver I chose (since I can't find the CM3530 listed in my > web-based CUPS setup (localhost:631)). > > I'm unsure if I don't have the right package installed, or if I used a > different driver in the past. Google and the Debian search engines are > not helping me one whit. > > I've never really understood the relationship between printer drivers > for general use and printer drivers for gutenprint (whatever that is), > or the relationship between those and/or cup-driver-gutenprint and/or > cupsys-driver-gutenprint (and the descriptions are less than helpful), > so any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks!
What release of Debian are you using? Lenny? Squeeze? Sid? I've experienced what you describe before, mainly because older releases of Debian used the lpr/lpd printing setup, and I used apsfilter to install printer drivers. Then when I switched to a newer release of Debian that used CUPS, and foomatic did not have a driver for the printer, especially for older or less popular printers. http://www.linuxprinting.org and http://www.cups.org are good places to start looking for documentation. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/744420265.7769.1273520348945.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com