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Questions tagged [printing]

Questions regarding printing and how to set up printers.

Accessing printers, how to print, and setting the defaults of printers.

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How do I disable automatic remote printer installation?

In Raring, everytime I connect to the network, Cups installs all the printers in the network automatically, some more than once. Furthermore, I connect a USB printer to the laptop every now and then. Even though the printer is configured already,…
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How do I convert a PNG to PDF with only the default packages on 11.10?

Openning a png file in ubuntu, I can see the menu item for 'print to file'. How can I do the same on shell? PS: I prefer installing no extra package, due to lack of root access. EDIT: the operating system is ubuntu 11.10
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How do I clear a Print-queue in Ubuntu?

I am an absolute beginner with Ubuntu and I appear to have a long queue of documents in my H.P. 840C printer.
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How to install a "pdf printer"?

Is there a way to install a printer that prints to pdf? There's a lot of discussions about this in the web foruns, but none seens to work.
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Remove 'printer added' notifications from GNOME 3

I've just upgraded to Ubuntu 17.04, using the GNOME desktop. Suddenly, I've started seeing 'printer added' notifications as OSD popups - approximately every 2 minutes! It's really distracting. Anyone have any idea how I can either stop them at…
Ian Dickinson
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How do you administer CUPS remotely using the web interface?

I have an Ubuntu server in my apartment and I just got a printer, so it's time to share! In the past I've used CUPS on my Desktop and I'd just point the browsers to localhost:631 to set things up. Can I used the web based admin tools remotely? I've…
Evan
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Printing in booklet format

In the past I had a printer that had the booklet format option that would print the document two pages at a time ordered in a way that folding the whole printout would produce a booklet, half the size of the paper which could be stapled in the…
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Should I set up my CUPS Printing to use IPP, LPD or URL?

When I got to add a network printer, I'm always confronted with the same dilemma: Do I set up the printer via IPP, LPD, or using it's IP address (AppSocket/Jetdirect?) and why? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each? How is IPP different…
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“No suitable Destination Host found by cups-browsed”

I am running Ubuntu 18.04.2 Desktop on my laptop. I have installed CUPS to a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian. My Mac will consistently print to this printer without any problems. From Ubuntu Desktop I am only able to print to the printer ~1 minute…
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How to list all available printers from terminal?

I need a command to list available printers in my Ubuntu. The printers list could be installed or shared? This list also should state the state of the printer . Any Help to achieve my goal?
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Is there an easy way to view the print queue?

With the (apparent) loss of the print indicator in Natty, I'm having a little trouble keeping track of my print queue easily. At the moment to bring up a print queue, I bring up the "Printing" application using the Dash, then go to the Printer ->…
David Dean
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Printer in "pending" mode only, not printing

OS: Ubuntu 13 Printer: HP Deskjet 2540 Problem: Printer worked initially. Suddenly stopped working. Printer cue just says "pending" and printing never happens. How do I get it to go from "pending" to "printing"?
Donnie Love
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Printing a poster (over several sheets of paper)

I have a poster I would like to print. It is far larger than a single sheet of paper that can fit in my printer. What is a program that I can use to print it out on separate sheets of paper (to assemble later)?
David Oneill
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Printer problems after installing Ubuntu 20.04

After installing 20.04 on my desktop, my printer has stopped working. Printer: HP Envy 5640, connected via USB. hplip installed. cups installed. Any suggestions appreciated. Printer itself is OK as I have used it wirelessly to print from another PC…
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How to install latest HPLIP on my Ubuntu to support my HP printer and/or scanner?

Let's assume that one has some modern HP printer and/or scanner which is not supported by HPLIP package from official repository. Currently Ubuntu versions have the following versions in universe pocket: bionic (18.04 LTS): 3.17.10+repack0-5 focal…
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