On 16/01/2019 19.59, Bjoern Voigt wrote:
Johannes Meixner wrote:
On Jan 16 14:58 Bjoern Voigt wrote (excerpt):
Of course there are some other drivers (e.g. CUPS drivers)
I assume you mean printer drivers. There are basically no drivers in CUPS except some very generic ones and/or very special ones like "rastertodymo". Usual printer drivers are in separated software packages, cf. "openSUSE printer driver software packages" in https://en.opensuse.org/Concepts_printing
I think the section "Version upgrades for printer driver packages" in https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Installing_a_Printer helps to further explain things.
Yes, you are right. I did not wanted to go into CUPS details. But in fact I had to use CUPS from the [Printing] repository, because our Samsung/HP laser printer does not work with CUPS 1.7.5 from openSUSE 42.3, but it works with CUPS 2.3b6 from [Printing] repository. Probably the HPLIP update from [Printing] enabled the printer, but for me it is enough to know, that the printer works with the updated printing software which is not part of openSUSE 42.3.
Me too, I had to use that repo to install a new printer for a friend. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.0 x86_64 at Telcontar)