lp:error- no default destination available

tim1348 · 11-05-2006, 01:10 PM

The printer shows up in /proc/bus/usb/devices and has a driver. I just need to know how to get it to work. I get;

lp:error- no default destination available

I tried linux-usb.org and the site has been down all day. It worked yesterday but not now.

Tinkster · 11-05-2006, 01:21 PM

Is it defined in CUPS? The fact that the USB subsystem sees it doesn't necessarily
mean that CUPS knows about it.

Cheers,
Tink

tim1348 · 11-05-2006, 04:19 PM

cups it was. For anyone that needs to configure cups and a printer in the future, it can be done from the command line(at least in slack 11) like I did using the web browser lynx;

lynx http://localhost:631/admin

It asks for a user name and password. Im sure any browser will open that address though. From there you have complete administrative control.