On Sun 10 Apr 2022 at 09:19:43 -0400, gene heskett wrote: > On Sunday, 10 April 2022 08:40:29 EDT Brian wrote: > > /usr/lib/cups/backend/snmp > The only machine I have here that has that file installed, an rpi4, does > not expose the printers address, only: > pi@rpi4:~ $ sudo /usr/lib/cups/backend/snmp > network lpd://BRN30055C8A2DC8/BINARY_P1 "Brother MFC-J6920DW" "Brother > MFC-J6920DW" "MFG:Brother;CMD:HBP,BRPJL,URF;MDL:MFC- > J6920DW;CLS:PRINTER;CID:Brother IJ > Type3;URF:SRGB24,W8,CP1,IS1-13,MT1-8-11,OB9,PQ4-5,RS200-300,OFU0,V1.2,DM4;" > "coyote.coyote.den" > > The only location identifier is the resolved "coyote.coyote.den" which is > this machine. > > None of the buster boxes have it, so they all report file not found. BUT > they were all installed from a buster respin by the linuxcnc folks. But > geany the editor, can drive that printer from any locatiom my cat5 cable > reaches. > > And I just checked because there is a 2nd printer, another brother HL2320 > B&W duplex capable laser, on this machine, and although the above command > only shows one printer, I can feed both printers from geany running on > any machine, all 6 of the profiles I have defined are available for geany > to use as an output device. I suspect the laser doesn't do snmp, its a > $120 printer. Probably some brother version of plc5 since its running on > brothers own drivers.
Thank you, Gene. Your investigations are vey useful and point to my forgetfulness. The snmp backend is not installed in the location I gave but has to be moved there. Do either mv /usr/lib/cups/backend-available/snmp /usr/lib/cups/backend/snmp or dpkg-reconfigure cups -- Brian.