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I just reinstalled this Ubuntu 19.10 from scratch. All is well, including the Brother MFC-J895DW multifunction printer. But when I start either Gimp or Inkscape, they don't see that any printer is installed!

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Other applications have no problem using that device; both printing and scanning works fine. enter image description here enter image description here

What can I do to fix this? Do some programs require additional stuff to be installed?

update:

  1. The commend by @mook765 was spot on. Why on earth is printing disabled by default??! Not available for Inkscape though, so that's still broken. I guess I will have to remove that and install it manually ... I don't know anything about snaps but it doesn't look to be all that great?
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  2. Following the ideas in the linked question, I tried snap connect inkscape:cups-control but it responded error: snap "inkscape" has no plug named "cups-control" so that's also not how to get Inkscape to print.
  3. lpstat -t gives me the following (which doesn't tell me anything useful):

scheduler is running system default destination: Brother_MFC_J895DW device for Brother_MFC_J895DW: implicitclass://Brother_MFC_J895DW/ Brother_MFC_J895DW accepting requests since lør 11 apr 2020 00:00:04 CEST printer Brother_MFC_J895DW is idle. enabled since lør 11 apr 2020 00:00:04 CEST

Torben Gundtofte-Bruun
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  • Are the applications installed as snaps? Check with snap list. If so, you may need to configure permissions for each snap. This answer shows an example how to do that with gnome-software. – mook765 Apr 11 '20 at 17:52
  • what does lpstat -t tell you? What libraries are used by the applications to access the "list of printers", and do they use different lists? – waltinator Apr 11 '20 at 18:15
  • @mook765 you are spot on! Put it as an answer? – Torben Gundtofte-Bruun Apr 11 '20 at 18:36
  • You can install Inkscape from official repositories with sudo apt install inkscape (version is 0.92.3-1). The snap is slightly newer with version 0.92.4. I suggest you split your question into question and answer since you got some screenshots already. – mook765 Apr 11 '20 at 18:53

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Same problem. I opened software ( in Xubuntu should be similar in ubuntu)Clicked on Installed. Found Gimp, clicked to open. Clicked on permissions and moved tag to print. Same for inkscape.

Rob Brookes
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