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That Brazilian Guy
Asked: 2013-05-30 09:42:00 +0800 CST

CUPS "client-error-not-possible"

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I have a network printer and my machine recently stopped being able to print, other machines can print fine. Besides having to use root to change its settings, when I try to change its settings I get the following error:

CUPS "client-error-not-possible".

Many forum threads suggest installing smbclient to solve the issue, but I already have it installed.

12.04

4 Answers

  1. Installing samba, smbclient and running

    sudo sed -i '/^\[global]/aclient max protocol = SMB3' /etc/samba/smb.conf

    did the trick. Not sure if the last part is necessary though.

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  2. My issue was having entered lpd://printer.printland.com instead of just printer.printland.com in the Host field of gnome-printer-config.

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  3. On Ubuntu 19.04, installing the smbclient solves the problem. So, open a terminal and run the following command :

    sudo apt-get install smbclient
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  4. Best Answer

    I was able to solve my issue by removing the printer and then readding it again using the system-config-printer wizard and searching for a new network printer.

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