18.04 has no support for my printer

[Brian]

On Tue 16 Oct 2018 at 17:02:19 +0200, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I didn't follow this thread, so I don't know if this is relevant:

Brilliant! I've not read much and what I have read I do not understand.
But here's my oar to stick in.

> https://www.google.de/search?ei=&q=ubuntu+printer+group
>   https://askubuntu.com/questions/168825/what-permission-do-i-need-to-add-an-hp-printer-with-hp-setup
> 
> https://www.google.de/search?&q=ubuntu+group+lp
>   https://askubuntu.com/questions/219083/default-groups-for-user-in-ubuntu
> 
> sudo gpasswd -a $USER lp
> sudo gpasswd -a $USER lpadmin

Completely unnecessary. All Ubuntu first users are members of the
lpadmin group.

> logout and login
> sudo hp-setup
> 
> For better printing quality you might want to take a look at gutenprint.

That's a gem! How does he get to print with gutenprint? (Don't bother
trying to answer this. It's rhetorical).

-- 
Brian.