On Thu 12 Mar 2026 at 12:51:01 (-0700), Paul Scott wrote: > On 3/12/26 10:46 AM, David Wright wrote: > > On Thu 12 Mar 2026 at 10:25:39 (-0700), Paul Scott wrote: > > > When I couldn't print I found this in the cups error_log > > > > > > W [12/Mar/2026:00:57:05 -0700] Printer drivers are deprecated and will > > > stop working in a future version of CUPS. See > > > https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/issues/103 > > > > > > I went to the link but I don't know enough to know what it means and > > > more importantly how I can fix printing. > > Perhaps take a look at > > https://wiki.debian.org/SystemPrinting#Driverless_Printing > > which has links to other Debian pages on the subject. > > > > You said "fix printing", so presumably it worked for you before. > > What changed? Have you upgraded, changed printers, etc? > > To go further, I think you have to post the usual essentials, > > OS version, printer type, what you tried, what happened, etc. > > Yes, you got a message, but that looks like the sort of warning > > that could be emitted even when the job actually printed. So > > on its own, it doesn't tell us a lot. > > (HP P1006 (laser)) > > Initially I had tried to print wirelessly from my laptop. That's when > I first couldn't print. > > It was working a few days ago. I switched to Windows on same machine > where the printer is connected and was able to print. > > I did some Googling which reminded me about the cups error log. > > I followed the link and didn't understand anything I saw.
Thanks for forwarding your reply — I'm no expert on printing. AFAICT this model doesn't have wireless connectivity. The specs: https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/product-specs/hp-laserjet-p1006-printer/3435682 say Wireless capability No, and a picture of the carton: https://www.ebay.com/itm/187834783735?chn=ps&mkevt=1&mkcid=28&google_free_listing_action=view_item shows only USB. That said, there is a driver at: https://www.openprinting.org/printer/HP/HP-LaserJet_P1006 which claims to run this printer. The package in trixie is printer-driver-foo2zjs. (I don't run sid.) Cheers, David.
