[cups] get a new copy of a network printers configuration

[Ralph Hulslander]

Bob, I would delete the printer from CUPS and re-install it with the proper
2 sided settings!

Delete and re-install seems to be a common cure for"problems".

Ralph

On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 4:11 PM Helge Blischke <helgeblischke at web.de> wrote:

>
> > Am 30.11.2018 um 21:30 schrieb Brian Potkin <claremont102 at gmail.com>:
> >
> > On Fri 30 Nov 2018 at 17:00:24 +0100, Helge Blischke wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>> Am 30.11.2018 um 07:39 schrieb Bob <cups-a5729 at listemail.net>:
> >>>
> >>> So far for me CUPS has just worked and I have not had to get into its
> workings,
> >>> this was just great.
> >>>
> >>> MondayNovember 26 there was a power outage.  The next day after power
> was
> >>> restored I could not print two-sided.  I could not find anywhere in
> CUPS GUI to
> >>> change the printer.  I did find where I could change it in the printer
> itself,
> >>> and did change Duplex from off to on.  Restarted the system but still
> could not
> >>> print two-sided.  How do I get the system to recognize that the
> printer can
> >>> print two-sided?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> System
> >>> ASUS laptop running Ubuntu 18.10
> >>> CUPS 2.2.8
> >>> HP Color LaserJet MFP M277dw  -  connected as a wireless printer
> >>
> >> I just tested installing an AirPrint capable printer (a Brother MFC
> >> printer in my case) on an Ubuntu based Linux installation (Peppermint
> >> 9).
> >
> > The cups and cups-browsed versions would be useful to know, please.
> cups version is 2.2.7
> cups-browsed is not installed
> >  And which MFC was it?
> Brother-DCP-9022CDW, the backend used is dense
> >
> >> The printer’s PPD was generated by the driverless utility which is part
> of the cups-filters package.
> >> The generated PPD is correct and reflects – as far as I can see – all
> features of the printer correctly,
> >> including the duplex facility.
> >
> > Did you have to install cups-browsed after installing Peppermint 9?
> No
>
> Helge
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