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Questions tagged [printer]

Pertaining to peripheral devices which make a representation of an electronic document upon a physical medium.

printer may refer to both 2d document/photo printing as well as the new 3d printing technologies.

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printer queue stuck with a "unable to find trailer dictionary" error

I tried to print some PCL files directly to my HP printer and that apparently screwed up the print queue somehow. Rebooting the system does not help. lpstat says: printer xyz disabled since ... loadFile failed: temp file: unable to find…
Tyler Durden
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Cannot set default printer

I use Garuda linux and HP printer. When I click "print" from a document viewer, it works. When I type lp -d example.pdf, it works. But lp example.pdf returns lp: Error - No default destination. And sudo lpadmin -d …
Felix Fourcolor
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Brother QL-700 Printed Image Size Reduced

I have a Brother QL-700 label printer that is functioning under Windows and Linux. However, everything printed to it under Linux comes out about 20% smaller than when printed from Windows. I have tested this printing things both from Chrome and…
Brian A. Henning
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junk characters with an Epson TM-H6000 on GNU/Linux

I try to print something readable in an Epson TM-H6000 on a GNU/Linux OS, but I just got junk characters like "?" or black rectangles. I'm using CUPS and because I didn't find my printer in the Linux fondation listing, I tried to use a driver from…
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How to install Canon PIXMA MX882 using CUPS 1.4.8 in Puppy Linux Precise 5.7.1

I need help installing my Canon PIXMA MX882 network printer using the pre-installed CUPS 1.4.8 in Puppy Linux Retro 5.7.1 (Full Install) on my Gateway Solo 9100 (Pentium II 300 MHz with 160 Mb Memory), which connects to my network and internet via…
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Pantum M6550NW multifunction printer driver for opensuse leap 15.5

I have a Pantum M6550NW multifunction scan and copy printer i was using on windows with its proper driver. Now i have installed opensuse leap 15.5 on my desktop ad the printer conneted by usb cable, yast recognise it but doesn' t have the specific…
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Printer is 'unreachable', all jobs are processing

just decided to try and set up my Epson XP 225 printer on Manjaro after months of using printing services as I was too lazy to set it up. I installed the Epson driver from the AUR, and it installed smoothly. With some searching around I managed to…
Adelaide Bolhuis
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How can I automatically adjust colors between screen and print?

I have a Kyocera Ecosys p5021cdw color laser printer. When I print blue, it comes out as purple. For example, I have a blue box in e.g., Inkscape with color RGB 0/0/255 (CMYK 100/100/0/0), which looks blue as it can be on the screen but comes out…
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