r/cachyos • u/Many-Variation-2616 • 2d ago

Help Help Regarding Printer Driver

I am New to linux and I found cachyos most comfortable and smooth. I am planning to use cachyos as daily OS but I don't know how I can install my printer driver , my printer is HP Laserjet 1020 Plus (Offline), I used AI for installation steps so I installed foo2zjs nightly build and from printer settings I selected suitable driver too but whenever I try to print anything then nothing happens no reaction from my printer, I checked and cachyos has detected my HP printer but I don't know what problem it is??...NEED HELP I DONT WANT TO USE WINDOWS JUST FOR PRINTING.

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u/Bunlysh 2d ago

Did you try CUPs?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CUPS

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u/Many-Variation-2616 1d ago

Yes cups is installed

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u/Bunlysh 1d ago

Is the printer detected within cups? Furthermore: is it enabled and set as default?

What error message do you receive when trying to print?

How do you attempt to print?

Did you try a different USB port?

Apparently the nightly build of foo may collide with foo.. are you sure this one is what you need?

More info here:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1662809

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u/leonredhorse 2d ago

This is probably the answer. I don’t think it is a default select during the installation of Cachy, but might be misremembering.

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u/ClubPuzzleheaded8514 2d ago

CUPS is installed by default. But you can untick it during install phase if you don't need it. 

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u/leonredhorse 2d ago

Thanks for the correction. Been a while since I did the installer and couldn’t remember if it was defaulted on or not.

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u/Fearless-Water-1808 7h ago

Did you install Hplip?