On Tue, 2023-10-31 at 16:23 -0400, Neal Becker wrote: > On Tue, Oct 31, 2023 at 2:53 PM Ian Pilcher <arequip...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > On 10/31/23 11:10, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > The theory is that you shouldn't have to do anything except > > > configure > > > the printer (in CUPS) to use DNSSD. That in turn depends on Avahi > > > working correctly. Try 'sudo avahi-browse -a -t' to make sure the > > > printer is visible. > > > > I just set up an Epson EcoTank inkjet printer. Theoretically, it > > supports IPP Everywhere, AirPrint, and driverless printing, but it > > only > > accepts ESC/P-R datastreams, so color me skeptical about the > > wonderful > > driverless future. > > > Driverless sounds like a nice concept, but doesn't seem to work for > me. I > deleted the proprietary printer driver for my brother laser hl- > l2395dw, > then on KDE try adding a printer. It does detect the printer in the > "discovered printers" section I see a hll2395dw "driverless" option. > But > if I choose that, I'm prompted to fill in an ip address and some > other info > (port?). So I don't think this is actually working. Choosing > instead > Brother's proprietary driver works and connects via dnssd without > asking me > for other info.
See my earlier remark about Avahi. If Avahi is working, it shouldn't be necessary for you to specify an IP address, but I've found that very occasionally I need to give it a kick after a reboot or software update, using the 'avahi-browse' command noted previously. Here's a screenshot of the Add Printer dialogue in KDE/Plasma. The selected line is the one that uses Avahi. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1e3A7X3PputDQwFR6F77eVdXvt74Qy0of/view?usp=sharing poc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
