Ubuntu 18.04: Printer not working for most apps (PDF, evince, Firefox…)
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I have a problem with all GTK apps (evince, gedit, Firefox, gimp) not seeing my installed printer.
When pressing Print, I can only choose Print to file, my printer is not shown.
So I can not print PDF documents, websites...
In LibreOffice, the printer works.
How can I get the printer to be seen by the apps and print PDFs?
Some more information: It is a network printer (hp). When a document is printed from LibreOffice, the printer is shown for a few seconds as printer in the other GTK apps. Then disappears again.
firefox printing 18.04 pdf
edited Jul 9 at 14:38
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I have a problem with all GTK apps (evince, gedit, Firefox, gimp) not seeing my installed printer.
When pressing Print, I can only choose Print to file, my printer is not shown.
So I can not print PDF documents, websites...
In LibreOffice, the printer works.
How can I get the printer to be seen by the apps and print PDFs?
Some more information: It is a network printer (hp). When a document is printed from LibreOffice, the printer is shown for a few seconds as printer in the other GTK apps. Then disappears again.
firefox printing 18.04 pdf
edited Jul 9 at 14:38
Codito ergo sum
1,077725
asked May 15 at 8:51
Jonny
11929
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up vote
4
down vote
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up vote
4
down vote
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I have a problem with all GTK apps (evince, gedit, Firefox, gimp) not seeing my installed printer.
When pressing Print, I can only choose Print to file, my printer is not shown.
So I can not print PDF documents, websites...
In LibreOffice, the printer works.
How can I get the printer to be seen by the apps and print PDFs?
Some more information: It is a network printer (hp). When a document is printed from LibreOffice, the printer is shown for a few seconds as printer in the other GTK apps. Then disappears again.
firefox printing 18.04 pdf
edited Jul 9 at 14:38
Codito ergo sum
1,077725
asked May 15 at 8:51
Jonny
11929
I have a problem with all GTK apps (evince, gedit, Firefox, gimp) not seeing my installed printer.
When pressing Print, I can only choose Print to file, my printer is not shown.
So I can not print PDF documents, websites...
In LibreOffice, the printer works.
How can I get the printer to be seen by the apps and print PDFs?
Some more information: It is a network printer (hp). When a document is printed from LibreOffice, the printer is shown for a few seconds as printer in the other GTK apps. Then disappears again.
firefox printing 18.04 pdf
edited Jul 9 at 14:38
Codito ergo sum
1,077725
asked May 15 at 8:51
Jonny
11929
edited Jul 9 at 14:38
Codito ergo sum
1,077725
edited Jul 9 at 14:38
Codito ergo sum
1,077725
edited Jul 9 at 14:38
Codito ergo sum
1,077725
1,077725
asked May 15 at 8:51
Jonny
11929
asked May 15 at 8:51
Jonny
11929
asked May 15 at 8:51
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I got it solved as follows:
Reinstall hplip
sudo apt-get purge hplip
sudo apt-get install hplipand
add a second network printer. (Note that I had manually installed the newest hplip version in order to get the printer running which did not help and resulted in an error message after bootup, if you did not do this, maybe just step 2 is enough.)
Even though there is a printer already shown in "Settings / Devices / Printers", I had to add a second printer as follows:
- Go to Settings → Devices → Printers.
- Additional Printer Settings
- Add Network Printer
- Choose the shown IP address or own printer name and follow the dialogues.
It now works for me. In the Settings → Devices → Printers tab there are now 2 printers shown.
edited Jul 9 at 14:43
David Foerster
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answered May 30 at 12:42
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1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
I got it solved as follows:
Reinstall hplip
sudo apt-get purge hplip
sudo apt-get install hplipand
add a second network printer. (Note that I had manually installed the newest hplip version in order to get the printer running which did not help and resulted in an error message after bootup, if you did not do this, maybe just step 2 is enough.)
Even though there is a printer already shown in "Settings / Devices / Printers", I had to add a second printer as follows:
- Go to Settings → Devices → Printers.
- Additional Printer Settings
- Add Network Printer
- Choose the shown IP address or own printer name and follow the dialogues.
It now works for me. In the Settings → Devices → Printers tab there are now 2 printers shown.
edited Jul 9 at 14:43
David Foerster
25.9k1361106
answered May 30 at 12:42
Jonny
11929
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
I got it solved as follows:
Reinstall hplip
sudo apt-get purge hplip
sudo apt-get install hplipand
add a second network printer. (Note that I had manually installed the newest hplip version in order to get the printer running which did not help and resulted in an error message after bootup, if you did not do this, maybe just step 2 is enough.)
Even though there is a printer already shown in "Settings / Devices / Printers", I had to add a second printer as follows:
- Go to Settings → Devices → Printers.
- Additional Printer Settings
- Add Network Printer
- Choose the shown IP address or own printer name and follow the dialogues.
It now works for me. In the Settings → Devices → Printers tab there are now 2 printers shown.
edited Jul 9 at 14:43
David Foerster
25.9k1361106
answered May 30 at 12:42
Jonny
11929
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
I got it solved as follows:
Reinstall hplip
sudo apt-get purge hplip
sudo apt-get install hplipand
add a second network printer. (Note that I had manually installed the newest hplip version in order to get the printer running which did not help and resulted in an error message after bootup, if you did not do this, maybe just step 2 is enough.)
Even though there is a printer already shown in "Settings / Devices / Printers", I had to add a second printer as follows:
- Go to Settings → Devices → Printers.
- Additional Printer Settings
- Add Network Printer
- Choose the shown IP address or own printer name and follow the dialogues.
It now works for me. In the Settings → Devices → Printers tab there are now 2 printers shown.
edited Jul 9 at 14:43
David Foerster
25.9k1361106
answered May 30 at 12:42
Jonny
11929
I got it solved as follows:
Reinstall hplip
sudo apt-get purge hplip
sudo apt-get install hplipand
add a second network printer. (Note that I had manually installed the newest hplip version in order to get the printer running which did not help and resulted in an error message after bootup, if you did not do this, maybe just step 2 is enough.)
Even though there is a printer already shown in "Settings / Devices / Printers", I had to add a second printer as follows:
- Go to Settings → Devices → Printers.
- Additional Printer Settings
- Add Network Printer
- Choose the shown IP address or own printer name and follow the dialogues.
It now works for me. In the Settings → Devices → Printers tab there are now 2 printers shown.
edited Jul 9 at 14:43
David Foerster
25.9k1361106
answered May 30 at 12:42
Jonny
11929
edited Jul 9 at 14:43
David Foerster
25.9k1361106
edited Jul 9 at 14:43
David Foerster
25.9k1361106
edited Jul 9 at 14:43
David Foerster
25.9k1361106
25.9k1361106
answered May 30 at 12:42
Jonny
11929
answered May 30 at 12:42
Jonny
11929
answered May 30 at 12:42
Jonny
11929
11929
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