From: W. Trevor King Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 16:48:04 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Add gutenprint emerge hint on client-error-not-found for lpadmin post. X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d6332e031d8fabba2d5ce4779a71f8adecd87f70;p=blog.git Add gutenprint emerge hint on client-error-not-found for lpadmin post. --- diff --git a/posts/Adding_a_network_printer_with_lpadmin.mdwn b/posts/Adding_a_network_printer_with_lpadmin.mdwn index 69791ad..d672919 100644 --- a/posts/Adding_a_network_printer_with_lpadmin.mdwn +++ b/posts/Adding_a_network_printer_with_lpadmin.mdwn @@ -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