Add gutenprint emerge hint on client-error-not-found for lpadmin post.
authorW. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
Thu, 10 May 2012 16:48:04 +0000 (12:48 -0400)
committerW. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
Thu, 10 May 2012 16:48:04 +0000 (12:48 -0400)
posts/Adding_a_network_printer_with_lpadmin.mdwn

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@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ we'll use that.  Not that I ask a lot of a print driver, so perhaps it
 would be better to use the recommended ppd file.  Just pick something.
 If it doesn't work, you can reconfigure with a better driver later.
 
+On my [[Gentoo]] system, the `lpinfo` call failed with
+
+    lpinfo: client-error-not-found
+
+To fix this, I had to emerge `net-print/gutenprint`.
+
 Putting it all together, add and enable the new printer:
 
     $ lpadmin -E -p afmlab -v socket://123.45.67.89 -m gutenprint.5.2://hp-lj_4240/expert -L "LaserJet 4240, Disque 927" -E