Printer problem in Mate16.04.1

[meandyesi]

Hello,
Ubuntu Mate 16.04.1 had/has an issue with the printer switching to status = unabled.
That is, after an initial successful installation with the correctly ( proposed ) driver the printer goes from status = abled to unabled.
Uninstalling and reinstalling brings no relief.
Is this issue resolved in Mate 16,10 ?
regards

[wolfman]

Hi,

printer make and model please!.

HP printers:

How to set up a HP printer in Ubuntu

Hi kuvanito, I get where you are coming from but like you say, it is the right way, especially for people new to Linux!.

Canon:

Canon printer drivers

For direct downloads from Canon, go here as Asians (afaik) are big time Linux users!: http://support-asia.canon-asia.com/?personal Also a good source of drivers: http://supportdrivers.info/category/canon-drivers/ See the following also but I don't know if it works as I don't have a Canon printer: Hope it helps someone!.

[meandyesi]

Hello,

this is about a Samsung HL-1055, but it happens with a HP color jet as well
and with a Dell-1100 too. So the make of the printer doesn´t really matter.
All these printers showed no problem in Ubuntu Mate 15.
Obviously in ver.16 something is wrong where printing is concerned.

regards.

[wolfman]

Take a look here:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardwareSupportComponentsPrinters/SamsungPrinters

and:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Printers

Let us know what happens please.

[mrtribute]

In Ubuntu MATE 14.04 my printer became disabled after an update. At first I didn’t know what was wrong.

I opened the main menu, went to Administration, then Printers. I selected my printer and marked the checkbox “Enabled”.

After that my printer worked again. It was just some update that disabled it.

[meandyesi]

Hello,
This was the very first thing I did too, but to no avail.
Thank you nevertheless for your input.