[SOLVED] How to setup USB printer in Debian ?

joboy · 06-16-2020, 08:37 PM

Hi there,

I got a Fuji Xerox CP116W USB/WiFi printer, I tried to setup in Mint Debian but failed, it does not recognize by the system although I installed the driver, I don't know what to put in the URL if I connect to USB, please advise thanks !

pan64 · 06-17-2020, 03:19 AM

I don't really know this printer, but if you use it with usb you will not have an url. That will be a local printer.

ferrari · 06-17-2020, 04:00 AM

For USB printers, I would expect CUPS to detect the printer and derive the URI automatically. Attach the printer and run

Code:

sudo lpinfo -v

Report back with the output.

There should be something like the following reported....

Code:

direct usb://....

More info:
https://wiki.debian.org/CUPSPrintQueues#The_device-uri

JZL240I-U · 06-17-2020, 07:36 AM

To go into the CUPS control center enter 127.0.0.1:631 <return> in the URL-field of your browser. Have a look around there to see if it holds any messages.

onebuck · 06-17-2020, 08:53 AM

Hi,

Why not just use 'http://localhost:631' instead of '127.0.0.1:631' to have a descriptive URL.

Open a tab in your browser and place 'http://localhost:631' in the URL address field.
You can use cups help to get information as to operation or do a duckduckgo search for cups.

Hope this helps.
Have fun & enjoy!

JZL240I-U · 06-17-2020, 04:16 PM

Umm *shrug*. I personally(!) don't see the difference. But each to his own devices

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onebuck · 06-17-2020, 04:34 PM

Hi,

Maybe if you look here to clarify the usage of localhost; https://whatismyipaddress.com/localhost

Sure the address 127.0.0.1 is the same as localhost but most will use the term localhost to represent the same machine. If you choose the numeric then that's your choice.
Hope this helps.
Have fun & enjoy your localhost or 127.0.0.1!

joboy · 06-18-2020, 12:57 AM

Thanks guy for the info., I checked with lsusb and didn't see the printer, but other printer shows up normally, I also failed to setup the printer on windows, so I can be sure the printer is faulty !

pan64 · 06-18-2020, 02:33 AM

or it was just the usb cable (?)

JZL240I-U · 06-18-2020, 12:17 PM

@onebuck Thanks for the link. I guess with me it is just habit -- and I can memorize numbers better than other things, though I'll remember "localhost" from now on

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joboy · 06-19-2020, 12:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

or it was just the usb cable (?)

No, same cable 2 printer one doesn't show.

JZL240I-U · 06-19-2020, 07:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joboy

No, same cable 2 printer one doesn't show.

Huh? What does that mean?

joboy · 06-20-2020, 12:12 AM

The printer in question can't be detected by the computer, it has h/w problem