Re: [libreoffice-users] Printer Recognition

On 2/20/24 17:20, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote:
> On 20/02/2024 17:43, aguador wrote:
> > El lun, 19-02-2024 a las 19:34 -0800, Tom escribió:
> > > On 2/19/24 6:54 PM, Joe Conner wrote:
> > > > I use Ubuntu 22.04lts and the latest Ubuntu depository Libreoffice.
> > > >
> > > > LibreOffice does not recognize my installed printers.  How do I
> > > > force
> > > > availability of Libreoffice to use my printer? When I try to print
> > > > only "generic printer" is available. I have a Canon laser
> > > > MFP743Cdw,
> > > > an HP laserjet M402dw, and an HP officejet pro 8025.
> > > >
> > > > Each can be used when printing a .pdf using the Document Viewer
> > > > software so I export my word document to .pdf and print using the
> > > > Document Viewer. This kludge work-around works, but i think the
> > > > best
> > > > scenario is for LibreOffice to recognize my printers as it formerly
> > > > used to do.
> > > >
> > > > I appreciate any suggestions.
>
> I recommend that you re-install LibreOffice from the source 
> <https://www.libreoffice.org/> rather than the Ubuntu repositories. In 
> earlier days, when I thought Ubuntu was a good idea for me, I had 
> similar problems with printing from their variant of LibreOffice. They 
> all went away after installing the original product.
>
> Peter HB
That worked. Thank you.

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