Printing Cheat Sheet

Debugging

lpstat -v                    # List known printers
lpstat -t                    # Show printer status
lpinfo -v                    # List backends

lpadmin -x <printer>         # Delete printer/destination

avahi-browse -rt _ipp._tcp   # Check whether Avahi sees printer
driverless                   # Check whether driverless sees printer

Cups Management

cups-browse -v               # Check printer discovery

cupsenable <printer name>
cupsdisable <printer name>

cupsctl --debug-logging      # Debug logs on
cupsctl --no-debug-logging   # Debug logs off

cancel -a -x                 # Drop all jobs from /var/spool/cups

See also https://wiki.debian.org/CUPSDebugging?action=show&redirect=DissectingandDebuggingtheCUPSPrintingSystem

HP plugin installation

To be used with hplip. As user run

hp-plugin -i