Ubuntu
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Can't install printer drivers from CD through KDE printer manager

Bug #24535 reported by Chris Dunning
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
kdebase (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Jonathan Riddell

Bug Description

I have a Xerox Phaser connected to a Linksys wireless print server. To connect
to this setup, I use the "remote lpd queue" option in KPrintManager. Drivers
for this printer are not included in the standard distribution, so I downloaded
them from the internet and burned them to a CD.

From the list of printer drivers, I choose "other", browse to the CD and select
the proper PPD file. When I continue through the rest of the dialogue
everything looks good until the end where I receive the error message
"client-error-not-found." The printer appears in the list of printers but the
test page fails.

If I copy the driver from the CD to my desktop, I can install it without trouble.

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Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote :

*** Bug 24536 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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Rocco Stanzione (trappist) wrote :

CUPS has been massively updated since this was reported. Does the problem still exist?

Changed in kdebase:
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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Chris Dunning (chris-bluenoteweb) wrote : Re: [Bug 24535] Re: Can't install printer drivers from CD through KDE printer manager

On my Ubuntu 5.10 installation, updated this morning from Ubuntu
repositories, this problem still exists. According to apt I am
currently using CUPS version 1.1.23-10ubuntu4.

Rocco Stanzione wrote:

>CUPS has been massively updated since this was reported. Does the problem still exist?
>
>** Changed in: kdebase kdeprint (Ubuntu)
> Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info
>
>

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Rich Johnson (nixternal) wrote :

Is this bug still present in the latest Dapper packages?

If it is not, or if someone knows that this bug has been fixed by a subsequent upload, please let us know so we can close this. The last activity on this bug was over a couple months ago.

Thank you for reporting this bug.

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Chris Dunning (chris-bluenoteweb) wrote :

As far as I can tell, this has been fixed in the latest packages. I
followed these steps:
-wiped off my laptop with a complete reformat (I had to shift some
partitions around anyway)
-installed Dapper from the CD
-updated all packages using apt-get
-installed all of my normal programs
-installed my printer, using the drivers on the CD

The printer installed without a hitch, test page printed fine.

Sarah Kowalik (hobbsee-deactivatedaccount)
Changed in kdebase:
status: Needs Info → Fix Released
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