[cups] One printer can't be seems by Windows

Todd And Margo Chester toddandmargo at gmail.com
Sat Oct 28 16:29:20 PDT 2023


Hi All,

Fedora 38
cups-2.4.7-1.fc38.x86_64
cups-lpd-2.4.7-1.fc38.x86_64

My old printer broke, so I had to replace it.

I removed the old printer from cups and added the
new printer.  I set the new printer to network
share (and it does over LPD).

/etc/printcap:
# This file was automatically generated by cupsd(8) from the
# /etc/cups/printers.conf file.  All changes to this file
# will be lost.
HLL2300D|HLL2300D:rm=server.acme.local:rp=HLL2300D:
Cups-PDF|Cups-PDF:rm=server.acme.local:rp=Cups-PDF:

"Cups-PDF" shows in the Windows 10 "add printer" dialog,
but my new HLL2300D does not.

I have cups-lpd installed, so I just did a manual create
port lpr and my new printer works fine from Windows 10.

But, why can Windows 10's "Add Printer" dialog find it?
(I have reboot my machine, no difference.)

Yes, I know, Cup-PDF won't actually work from Windows


 From my /etc/cups/printers.conf


<Printer Cups-PDF>
PrinterId 4
UUID urn:uuid:8d86be01-61b0-3452-6e91-ee3dcc9adb2b
Info Cups-PDF
Location acme.com
MakeModel Generic CUPS-PDF Printer (no options)
DeviceURI cups-pdf:/
State Idle
StateTime 1669234555
ConfigTime 1698531817
Type 8450124
Accepting Yes
Shared Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
OpPolicy default
ErrorPolicy stop-printer
</Printer>

<DefaultPrinter HLL2300D>
PrinterId 15
UUID urn:uuid:19a617e6-961d-36e7-6618-e6d37a74bd43
Info HLL2300D
Location acme.com
MakeModel Brother HL-L2300D for CUPS
DeviceURI usb://Brother/HL-L2300D%20series?serial=U63878H3N412319
State Idle
StateTime 1698529904
ConfigTime 1698485181
Type 8425492
Accepting Yes
Shared Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
OpPolicy default
ErrorPolicy stop-printer
</DefaultPrinter>



Perplexed,
-T



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