What you need to do once in a Linux network as sudo User - is to set the permission for your printer.
You need to do it only one time in your network. Linux is always for safety a two Level User administration - otherwise printers would be abused. Its described here... : https://askubuntu.com/questions/871249/configure-cups-permissions When you have HP printers - you can simply Set up Them without being Administrator in terminal with (hplips package must be installed) : > hp-setup (not: sudo hp-setup) After printer is set up you can use Your printer as normal user. Andreas Heinlein <aheinl...@gmx.com> schrieb am Do., 12. Sep. 2019, 13:40: > Hello, > > sorry but I think you got me wrong. > > We have about twenty different printers of different brands, that doesn't > matter. They are all connected to the network and set up and shared via a > centralized CUPS server. They show up in the settings window just fine, and > they print just fine, too. > > The problem is that users cannot select the option "Use this as the > default printer" because it is grayed out. They would need admin rights to > do that, which isn't possible in a corporate network. It is also not > necessary, as it works on the command line just fine, without being admin. > But of course command line is not a good option for the average end user. > > Thanks, > > Andreas > Am 12.09.19 um 12:33 schrieb Carl-Valentin Schmitt: > > What Brand is Your printer? > > After plugin - reboot Your Linux machine. > > When printer is recognized by cups, printer should be > visible in gnome-settings Window. > > Dont say too quickly "bye" . > >
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