CUPS "client-error-not-possible"

2015-05-26

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Question

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.

Answer

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