[PLUG] xsane error

[King Beowulf]

On 2/13/25 18:15, Dick Steffens wrote:
> ailed to execute printer command "lp -P hpljm 148
>
> I click Close and the above list of errors repeats.
>
> The only way to stop the circle is to click all the Ok buttons and be
> ready to close xsane as soon as I finish clicking the Close error button.
>
> That printer command may be bogus. I was following some Duck Duck Go
> search results and found something that was for a different brand, and
> duplicated it with what seems like what it would be for my printer. I
> neglected to document what was there when I started.
>
> Any thoughts on what is going on, and how to correct it?

It depends on what CUPS printer drivers you have set up an configured.  
For HP, most distros use HPLIP to set up printing and scanning.  use 
those tools, or open CUPS. CUPS, et al may just have gotten confused 
when the printer entered a not ready error state.  Did you open the CUPS 
web admin page?

http://localhost:631/admin (login with root password.  No root?  A fool 
and his root are soon parted.)

you can poke around and restart the printer if stuck in a not ready state.

If HPLIP is installed, you can use "hp-probe" for device discovery.

or just reboot.

-Ed