[xubuntu-users] Printer Problems with 14.10

[John Deakin]

Thanks Peter,

Looks like I will have to soldier on.

regards,
John

On 05/12/14 21:47, Peter Flynn wrote:
> On 12/05/2014 12:24 PM, John Deakin wrote:
>> Ever since I have updated to Xubuntu 14.10 I have continued to have
>> printer problems. I can set the printer up fine and things work OK but
>> periodically the tick box "Enabled" in Policies|State gets unticked and
>> the print routine reports the printer disconnected.
>>
>> Now that I know what the problem is I can go back and re-tick Enabled
>> but it is annoying to have to keep on doing so. Does anyone know a fix
>> to this problem?
> 
> Nope. This is CUPS at its worst. It is badly over-sensitive to whatever
> network-monitoring libraries it uses, and enables and disables printers
> at will, even when they are perfectly well connected.
> 
> ///Peter
> 
> 

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regards,
John
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