Printer install problem

[gene heskett]

On 7/25/23 16:19, Peter Flynn wrote:
> On 25/07/2023 20:13, gene heskett wrote:
>> On 7/25/23 14:44, Bill wrote:
>>> I'm having a problem getting a printer to print.  I am running 
>>> Mint-Linux version 21.1 - Mate desktop.  The printer is a HP ENVY 5530.
> 
> I only ever install hplip direct from the HPLIP site at
> https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing
> and not the version from the Mint repos.
> 
>> If you need to use the hp drivers, the first step to do is "sudo apt
>> purge cups-browsed", 
> 
> I hadn't come across cups-browsed before. I appear to have it, but it 
> doesn't seem to be interfering with my hplip.
> 
> Peter
> 
Send your browser to localhost:631/printers, using a browser that 
doesn't steal localhost for google junk.
if you have printers you can delete but are recreated by the time the 
screen is refreshed after they have been deleted, cups-browsed is doing 
it. Purge it, removing all its config stuff, then if needed, reinstall 
hplip.

Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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