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I'm trying to set up a wireless print server for my Zebra LP2844, using a Raspberry Pi 3B. I'm a complete newbie so I've been following [this] [https://youtu.be/P3XRi-CD1a0?si=dZn_Wm8ekS8z0soQ&t=493] tutorial, and everything is fine until I'm supposed to add the printer to CUPS.

My printer shows up in the local printers list (it is connected to the Pi via USB), but when I click continue a "connection" page appears. In every tutorial, this page doesn't show up, and is instead automatically set as something like for example "usb://Canon/xxxx/xxx"etc etc.

I don't understand. Isn't it supposed to do the same for mine? It recognizes it in local printers so why doesn't it recognize that it's connected via USB? How do I fix it?

Thanks for any help

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Enable debugging in CUPS and restart it. Then look in /var/log/cups/error_log. You will see a line with the uri to use like

device_uri[10]=\"usb://MY_PRINTER_MAKE/MY_PRINTER_MODEL?serial=ABCD_USB_Num.:_0\"

Copy the part between the escaped quotes and paste it into the Connection box.

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