Patrick Shanahan composed on 2016-01-07 16:16 (UTC-0500):
Felix Miata composed:
jdd composed on 2016-01-07 21:54 (UTC+0100):
Felix Miata composed:
This machine is on 42.1. I configured my Brother IP printer using YaST2 without incident
the mess was probably coming from the previous hp install (the printer adress was copied from this first install)
How does one use cups to add a printer in Plasma 5?
as I said in my post: localhost:631 in any browser
Sorry for not being clear. I meant doing so in same fashion as most people use Plasma 5, from a starter menu selection. IOW: How does one use cups to add a printer from a Plasma 5 menu selection?
did you try: systemsettings5 -> printers
As far back as I can remember I always got YaST2 to do it, so didn't even think to look there.
re: Configure Desktop -> printers
I switched to a different machine to try, and TW instead of 42.1, plasma5-workspace-5.5.2-1.1.x86_64. System Settings menu has no printer selection to try. It has in hardware: input devices display and monitor multimedia power management device actions removable devices So I tried localhost:631. It claimed to have created my printer, but print test page fails with simply: "Print Test Page <name> Error. Unable to print test page: No such file or directory" -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/