On Thursday, 2 June 2016 14:11:32 UTC+10, Chris Laprise wrote:
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> On 06/01/2016 10:29 PM, Drew White wrote: 
> > 
> >     The UI he is describing is system-config-printer (Red Hat). He 
> >     could try 
> >     gnome-control-center ->Printers instead. That works for me. 
> > 
> >     Chris 
> > 
> > 
> > Chris, that is essentially what I did. But not through the 
> > control center, just directly through the menu system and 
> > running that exact section. 
>
> The gnome utility is not the same as the system-config-printer utility 
> (written by Red Hat). The former works fine for me in debian. BTW, I 
> setup my debian template using 'tasksel' and chose both debian desktop 
> and gnome. 
>
 
Isn't Gnome the Debian Dektop GUI?

> 
> > I did the same thing in Fedora (RedHat) and it worked fine. 
> > 
> > After it detected the printer, it searched for the drivers, didn't 
> > find them, so I put the OpenDriver file on and installed it. 
> > RedHat based, easy. Debian based, crashed. 
>
> I have been manually choosing from the built-in drivers. For many 
> printers, you can use a driver with a model number that's close if 
> there's no exact match. 
>

There is the problem in the first place. That's the bit I can't get to, as 
per my OP.
I can't get THAT far. If I could then I wouldn't be having the issue
and be here trygin to get an answer.

 

> > 
> > Currently on Debian 8. I don't know if it's a bug in Debian 8 
> > or not though. 
>
> Either in debian or the driver. 
>
It could be something in Debian OR the Qubes Drivers. Not the Printer 
drivers, as I can't even get to the point to select them. 

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