I'm adding a printer to my Kubuntu PC. I'm connected
through a parallel port. If I run,
escputil -i -u -r /dev/lp0
It prints out the status of my ink cartrides, so the
PC is definitely seeing the printer on the port.
I've checked and the cups daemon is running.
When I tried to run the 'lp' command, I got an
error message that the is not default printer. So
I went to System Settings in KDE and selected
printers. Next, I selected ''add printer' and the
'Add Printer' wizard popped up. I ran through the
wizard steps nicely. My printer, an Epson Sylus
C86 was listed in the supported printers. When
I got to the 'Printer Test' window, I hit 'next' and
got the following message in a pop-up window:
Unable to load the requested driver:
Unable to create the Foomatic driver [Epson-Stylus_C86,gimp-print]. Either that driver does not exist, or you don't have the required permissions to perform that operation.
I checked the Adept tool and foomatic-db-gimp-print
is installed, so I think the drivers are account for.
It looks more probable that the wizard's problem
is that it does not have write permission someplace.
Does anyone know how to work around the permission
problem in the GUI or how to add a printer from a
shell?
Thanks for any help.
Jim Anderson
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