[cups] Difficulty in Adding a printer

[Michael Sweet]

Alan,

Check the /var/log/cups/error_log file for PAM errors.

> On Jan 14, 2015, at 2:44 PM, Alan McConnell <alan at his.com> wrote:
> 
> Assembled Wisdom!
> 
> My difficulty is one which it seems others have had:  I wish to
> add my new Brother printer: but when I try to do it from the GUI
> (http://localhost:631, I get the message, in a little pop-up box:
> "A username and password are being requested by http://localhost:631.
> The site says: "CUPS"".   I have entered my ordinary user name 'alan'
> with password, but the box returns; I have entered 'root' and the
> root passwd, but the box returns.
> 
> My system info:
> Linux Debian 'Wheezy'
> CUPS 1.5.3
> 
> I have also tried, from the command line(as root)
>   lpadmin -p laserjet -E -v usb:/dev/lp1 -m BrGenML1.ppd 
> and get the error message:
>  lpadmin: Unable to copy PPD file.
> However, I have downloaded, from the Brother site, a .deb file
> which, when dpkg-ed put a file   BrGenML1.ppd  into the directory
> /etc/cups/ppd/.
> 
> TIA for anticipated assistance!
> 
> Alan
> 
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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair