Adding a printer via controlpanel - printers will add my printer epson photo px720wd. Normally kubuntu installed the printer automatically. Now i must do it manually. Printer is recognized and can install the printerdriver. Printer won' t print and also the scanner is not working. (kubuntu 12.04 everythings was working out of the box) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.opening systemsettings > printers 2. click the button add a new printer 3. add a new printer comes up with printers 4. choosing the discover networkprinter using LPD network printer via DNS SD <next> 5. select the printerdriver <next> 6. disable share this printer (also tried enabled) <finish) 7. Click on open printer queue 8. Click on maintenance print testpage 9. I notice that printer is paused 10. click on resume printer printer is ready 11. printer has no active jobs 12. if i choose show all jobs, still empty 13. click print page 14. nothing happens printerqueu still empty scanning: 1. star skanlite: the epson is recognized (epson pid 0861) 2.click preview 3. the preview is created (notice: doing this test the first time the scan was successful) 6. Actual Results: Printer is able to scan. Printer won' t print Expected Results: Printer printing the printjobs
I had a similar problem after installing my HP Officejet Pro 8000 on Netrunner 12.12 After installing the printer, I found it wouldn't print but I solved it very easily by doing the following: After going into "System Settings -> Printers", I noticed it said "Paused - 'Paused'" underneath the printer name. I clicked the "Open Print Queue" button and then clicked the "Resume Printer" button. After closing the "Open Print Queue" dialogue, it now says "Idle" underneath the printer name and the printer now prints OK. I've no idea why the printer is paused by default and, IMO, it shouldn't be.
"system-config-printer-kde" is no longer maintained and has been replaced with "Print Manager" since KDE 4.10. The new version is a C++ rewrite of the old Python version, and may still lack some features or have some bugs. If this or another issue still needs to be addressed in KDE 4.10 or newer, please add a comment, or report it for "Print Manager".