[PLUG] OT -- Chromebook will/will not print

Tomas Kuchta tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com
Tue Mar 24 22:40:11 UTC 2020


Cups have config for things like default paper size, trays, duplex.

Perhaps it is even service, like in Linux, you could connect to with
browser on the Chromebook and change what you need.

Tomas

On Tue, Mar 24, 2020, 14:15 Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com> wrote:

> When I look at the Locale data is is all US... I am thinking the same thing
> that it is an issue with the driver, but the driver is a cups driver
> (Chrome
> books use cups I guess)
>
> Now just to figure out what needs to be changed. I use the cups drivers
> for that printer on my Linux boxes with no issue.
>
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 10:40 AM Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 24 Mar 2020, Chuck Hast wrote:
> >
> > > I select a email on her desktop machine and send it to print, it prints
> > > just fine. I go to her Chromebook and select the same email it is sent
> to
> > > the printer but it must be telling the printer to print to an A4 page,
> > > which is not on the printer so it replies back, "out of paper" If I do
> > the
> > > control P and look at the advanced settings on the machine it shows it
> is
> > > set for "Letter". I tested a file she had on google drive, it printed
> > just
> > > fine. Then I tested "foo.com" On the desktop it printed out just fine
> On
> > > Chromebook it tries to send it as an A4 page. If I check the settings
> it
> > > shows LETTER. Not sure what to think. The printer is a Dell 3110CN a
> big
> > > battleship color laser printer. I am not sure what to think on this
> one.
> >
> > Chuck,
> >
> > Looks like the issue is with the Chrombook printer driver, not the
> printer.
> > Can you find the driver and examine it, or replace it with a
> known-to-work
> > system such as CUPS?
> >
> > Rich
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