Re: cups browser interface changes?
On Thu, 2018-12-06 at 19:23 +0000, Rick Stevens wrote:
On 12/6/18 10:21 AM, Tom Horsley wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Dec 2018 17:42:22 +0100
> AV wrote:
>
> > Didn't there use to be a 'delete printer' option in the
> > 'Administration' drop down menu.
>
> Depends on which Administration menu you are looking at :-).
> I just checked on my system, and there is a front page
> Administration item which includes "Manage Printers" which
> gets you to a list of printers and you can click on one
> to see the details of that printer and it also has
> an Administration menu which does have a delete item (pant,
> pant, wheeze...)
I agree. Convoluted.
1. Browse http://localhost:631
2. Click on the "Administration" tab
3. Click on the "Manage Printers" button under "Printers"
4. Click on the printer you're interested in
5. Click on the "Administration" dropdown menu in that menu
6. The "Delete Printer" option there (3rd item down for me)
1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 4 so far so good.
5 -> tried it but no menu appeared so 6 not possible.
This concerns an Epson printer attached by usb cable to an iMac.
I use it mostly for photo printing from MacOS (Mojave).
I wanted to test the quality of the Epson Linux print drivers
under Fedora on my Linux PC. I did not have a long enough usb
cable and I didn't want to lug around the PCs. As both PCs are
attached to my router by usb cables I turned on the iMac and the
printer and then managed to install the printer in Fedora using
Cups. The print quality was not as good from Fedora as from MacOS
so goodbye Epson drivers, no more printing from Fedora.
Could the problem at 5) have been some "Apple" quirk or because
the printer was not any longer attached to Fedora or because I
had forgotten about Cups and 'removed' the printer from Gnome menu
and deleted drivers.
AV