I just set up a Lexmark C453N printer. I expected the drivers to be automatically installed. They weren't. $ system-config-printer PASSTHRU '\x00' ps '\x00' lp '\x00' PORT1 '\x00' '\x00' LPT0 '\x00' LPT0_PASSTHRU '\x00' COM0 '\x00' COM0_PASSTHRU '\x00' LPT1 '\x00' LPT1_PASSTHRU '\x00' COM1 '\x00' COM1_PASSTHRU '\x00' LPT2 '\x00' LPT2_PASSTHRU '\x00' COM2 '\x00' COM2_PASSTHRU '\x00' LPT3 '\x00' LPT3_PASSTHRU '\x00' COM3 '\x00' COM3_PASSTHRU '\x00' LPT4 '\x00' LPT4_PASSTHRU '\x00' COM4 '\x00' COM4_PASSTHRU '\x00' LPT5 '\x00' LPT5_PASSTHRU '\x00' COM5 '\x00' COM5_PASSTHRU '\x00' LPT6 '\x00' LPT6_PASSTHRU '\x00' COM6 '\x00' COM6_PASSTHRU '\x00' LPT7 '\x00' LPT7_PASSTHRU '\x00' COM7 '\x00' COM7_PASSTHRU '\x00' pr0 '\x00' pr1 '\x00' pr2 '\x00' pr3 '\x00' pr4 '\x00' pr5 '\x00' pr6 '\x00' pr7 '\x00' pr8 '\x00' pr9 '\x00' pr10 '\x00' pr11 '\x00' pr12 '\x00' pr13 '\x00' pr14 '\x00' pr15 '\x00' pr16 '\x00' pr17 '\x00' pr18 '\x00' pr19 '\x00' pr20 '\x00' pr21 '\x00' pr22 '\x00' pr23 '\x00' pr24 '\x00' pr25 '\x00' pr26 '\x00' pr27 '\x00' pr28 '\x00' pr29 '\x00' pr30 '\x00' pr31 '\x00' pr32 '\x00' pr33 '\x00' pr34 '\x00' pr35 '\x00' pr36 '\x00' pr37 '\x00' pr38 '\x00' pr39 '\x00' pr40 '\x00' pr41 '\x00' pr42 '\x00' pr43 '\x00' pr44 '\x00' pr45 '\x00' pr46 '\x00' pr47 '\x00' pr48 '\x00' pr49 '\x00' Caught non-fatal exception. Traceback: File "/usr/share/system-config-printer/probe_printer.py", line 248, in _do_find fn () File "/usr/share/system-config-printer/probe_printer.py", line 355, in _probe_hplip stderr=null) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 679, in __init__ errread, errwrite) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1228, in _execute_child raise child_exception OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Continuing anyway.. No ID match for device socket://90.155.92.223:9100: MFG:Lexmark International;MDL:Lexmark C543;CMD:PCL 6 Emulation, PostScript Level 3 Emulation, NPAP, PJL;DES:Lexmark C543; No ID match for device socket://90.155.92.223:9100: MFG:Lexmark International;MDL:Lexmark C543;CMD:PCL 6 Emulation, PostScript Level 3 Emulation, NPAP, PJL;DES:Lexmark C543;
./check-device-ids.py 'Lexmark C543' 'MFG:Lexmark International;MDL:Lexmark C543;CMD:PCL 6 Emulation, PostScript Level 3 Emulation, NPAP, PJL;DES:Lexmark C543;' └── Lexmark C543 (user-specified): MFG:Lexmark International;MDL:Lexmark C543;CMD:PCL 6 Emulation, PostScript Level 3 Emulation, NPAP, PJL; MISSING foomatic:Lexmark-C543-Postscript.ppd [/usr/lib/cups/driver/foomatic] MISSING foomatic-db-ppds/Lexmark/Lexmark_C543.ppd.gz [/usr/share/cups/model/foomatic-db-ppds/Lexmark/Lexmark_C543.ppd.gz]
foomatic-db-4.0-30.20120103.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/foomatic-db-4.0-30.20120103.fc16
Package foomatic-db-4.0-30.20120103.fc16: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 16 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing foomatic-db-4.0-30.20120103.fc16' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-0125/foomatic-db-4.0-30.20120103.fc16 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
foomatic-db-4.0-30.20120103.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.