[xubuntu-users] Printer query

[Neil Winchurst]

On 20/05/13 17:59, Neil Winchurst wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestion. Further internet research has told me that
> this is a known problem, and it has been fixed in CUPS 1.5.3-1. I have
> version 1.5.3 and I cannot find an updated version to download. I should
> mention that both computers are 64 bit.
>
> I can find later CUPS versions but they are intended for later versions
> of Ubuntu etc. It seems that if I could find a way to update my version
> it would sort it out.
>
> Meanwhile, thanks for all the help from the group. I think I have
> decided that it is not worth any more hassle. Eventually I will upgrade
> to the next LTS version of Xubuntu and it should all be sorted then.
>
> Regards
>
> Neil
>
>
As a final message about this. I use VBox to check for upcoming versions 
of distros. Recently I installed Xubuntu 13.04 on VBox to have a look at 
how it differs from my current version 12.04. (One big difference is 
that this new version has only nine months support.)

Just out of interest I had a look at printing from the VBox distro. 
Devices --> USB Devices found the printer. I went Menu --> Settings 
Manager --> Printer. I tried to set up the printer and had no problems 
at all. The test page printed perfectly.

This was unexpected at first. Then I remembered, this is Xubuntu version 
13.04 linking to v 12.04. Also the CUPS version with 12.04 is 1.5.3 
whereas the CUPS version with 13.04 is 1.6.2.

So no problem with that setup. It seems that the problems arise when 
both computers are running Xubuntu 12.04, as stated on the internet. 
However I don't want the hassle of installing new versions of Xubuntu 
too frequently so I normally stick with the LTS versions.

Oh well, can't win them all,

Neil