How To Force Your Printer To Work With Linux

A guide to debugging printer issues on Linux. This video also provides a detailed overview of the many system components that are involved with printing on Linux. 0:00 Intro 0:39 Obvious things to make your printer work. 2:11 Less obvious things to try second. 4:20 Start debugging with 'lsusb', device nodes, lsusb usblp 7:27 CUPS backends 8:14 lpstat command 8:43 CUPS - a more formal introduction 9:29 Udev 10:17 systemd 10:37 ippusbxd 11:13 AppArmor 11:56 lp command 12:02 lpr command 12:25 What actually are 'printer drivers'? 13:55 GTK and printing. 14:56 Check These Log Files 17:10 More Detailed Review of udev rules. 18:00 udevadm Command To Debug udev/kernel events. 20:24 Major and Minor Numbers & device files in /sys 22:33 CUPS filters 30:51 How did I force MY printer to work with Linux? 32:52 What Does The Future of Printing On Linux Look Like? A text-based version of this video can be found here: https://blog.robertelder.org/linux-printer-debugging/?utm_source=yt&utm_medium=desc&utm_campaign=ytchannel&utm_content=v-7yWtBRYLM SOCIALS ---------------- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RobertElderSoftware?utm_source=yt&utm_medium=desc&utm_campaign=ytchannel&utm_content=v-7yWtBRYLM Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@roberteldersoftware Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/company/robert-elder-software Blog: https://blog.robertelder.org/?utm_source=yt&utm_medium=desc&utm_campaign=ytchannel&utm_content=v-7yWtBRYLM Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobertElderSoft Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/roberteldersoftware Github: https://github.com/RobertElderSoftware Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RobertElderSoftware Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/roberteldersoftware/ Merch: https://store.robertelder.org/?utm_source=yt&utm_medium=desc&utm_campaign=ytchannel&utm_content=v-7yWtBRYLM