#Gimli #Manitoba #Canada #2026photochallenge #cups #winter #reflection
Den Netzwerkdrucker von Brother über das Wlan einzubinden hat Mint mit Fehlermeldung, wohl von Cups, verweigert.
Geholfen hat die Installation der von Brother auf der Supportseite als deb-Paket zur Verfügung gestellten Treiber.
Nun funktioniert der Drucker, und die Frau ist glücklich.
Hmmmm...this is very interesting
My Brother DCP L2550DW
*ImageableArea Letter: "12.245669291339 12.245669291339 599.754330708661 779.754330708661"
*PaperDimension Letter: "612 792"
I.e. 8.5x11 paper with a usable area 12pts ~= 5/32" ~= 4mm smaller on every side.
Do I feel brave enough to (backup and) edit the PPD? I wonder if it takes effect immediately or if I have to restart #cups or what...

I have installed a Brother printer for a friend. The printer is currently connected by wireless to their laptop running Ubuntu. The problem is that when I print, the pages are cut off at the top and
@dreua The Print dialog is generally outside GNOME Papers' range of action, & it's all held together by toothpicks—allow me to explain.
As seen in https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/papers/-/issues/564, Evince had hacks on top of GTK's print dialog. Papers won't do that as it's unsustainable & it won't work with sandboxing.
GTK wants to outsource printing: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/issues/5816
The portal is broken: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/xdg-desktop-portal-gnome/-/issues/201
Settings needs an overhaul to reflect the new #CUPS: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/-/merge_requests/3226
Oh, so that's why my dad was telling me he was unable to print anything lately… https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/xdg-desktop-portal-gnome/-/issues/201#note_2686686

Using Fedora 43 with Gnome 49 I've witnessed multiple times on multiple different machines xdg-desktop-portal doing a request storm to CUPS which does not seem to stop. It's...