Duke of Germany 💫2d ago

🖨️

My new printer stopped working under #LinuxMint the other day. Re-adding it resulted in a general error message.

Finally found the solution:

In the printer's "location" field, I had specified "Mein Büro" ("My office" in German). And Cups does not like umlauts in that field. 😶

After removing the "ü", the printer worked.

Maybe this information will be helpful to someone, at some point. 🙂

#printer #linux #cups #problemSolving #debugging #umlaut

Show threadAri [APz] Sovijärvi2d ago
@duke_of_germany It pisses me off to no end that in 2026 stuff like this still happens. And it's not just Linux, I've had work-related Windows and Mac incidents just like this.
Show thread`Da Elf
@apzpins @duke_of_germany CUPS did come from Apple, but i expect better from the Very diverse Linux developer and user communities.
Apr 14 at 9:02pmWeb
Show threadclaudex2d ago
@elfin it did not come from Apple, they bought the source code and hired the lead dev from 2007 to 2019 but CUPS started in 1997
Show thread`Da Elf2d ago
@claudex You are correct. CUPS is one of those Industry Dramas that's hard to keep track of.