18.04 has no support for my printer

[Brian]

On Mon 15 Oct 2018 at 21:19:55 +0200, Charles Irons wrote:

> Hello Ubuntu Support
> 
> 18.04 looks good until I discover that I cannot print. Your advice will be
> a huge relief.
> Maybe I could restore files from 16.04 backup but have no idea which files
> I would need?
> 
> I have added some lines from the HP diagnose utility that may be helpful?
> 
> Self Diagnose Utility and Healing Utility ver. 1.0
> HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.17.10)
> warning: 12-18.04 version is not supported.
> Using 12-17.04 versions dependencies to verify and install...
> Auto installation is not supported for 12 distro  18.04 version
> Current contents of '/etc/hp/hplip.conf' file:
> I assume the contents are OK?
> Current contents of '/var/lib/hp/hplip.state' file:
> Plugins are not installed.
> device_uri = "hp:/usb/Deskjet_1510_series?serial=CN43B1D1DC05XJ"
> working_dir = .
> 'CUPS Scheduler is running'
> warning: Failed to read /etc/cups/ppd/Deskjet_1510_1804.ppd ppd file
> 1Filter failed
> warning: Insufficient permission to access file
> /etc/cups/ppd/Deskjet_1510_1804.ppd
> warning: Could not complete Queue(s) configuration check
> No plug-in printers are configured.
> 
> OAuth2 (Google) email authentication in Evolution is also a problem but I
> may find an answer to that.
> 
> Thanks a lot for helping a retired end user.

You do not say which printer you are using but it can be deduced from
your mail.

The URI for the printer is

  hp:/usb/Deskjet_1510_series?serial=CN43B1D1DC05XJ

(Check this with 'lpinfo -v').

Now do

 lpinfo -m | grep "deskjet_1510_series.ppd"

to get the PPD (drv:///hpcups.....).

Then:

 lpadmin -p test -v <URI> -E -m <PPD>

Print with 

 lp -d test /etc/nsswitch.conf

How's that?

-- 
Brian.