OpenPrinting / OpenPrinting/system-config-printer
On fresh install of Linux Mint 21.1, when adding network printer: "there was an error during the CUPS opperation: 'Success'"
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Description
After searching for drivers, the error pops up. I can pair this same printer to a Mint 20.3 machine, which uses system-config-printer v1.5.12. hplip is installed on both, firewall is off. the printer can be accessed from the web portal at http://192.168.0.31
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Reproduce the network-printer setup on Linux Mint 21.1 with CUPS and HPLIP installed, using the printer at 192.168.0.31. Compare the driver-search path with Mint 20.3 and system-config-printer v1.5.12, then confirm the operation completes without the misleading error.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100