Zorin OS 6 Lite ignores Printer

I setup an older computer with Zorin OS6 Lite and everything works except the printer. I ran the printer troubleshooter and it told me that the CUPS print spooler isn't running. It said to go to System / Administration / Services from the main menu. There is nothing like that in the menu system. I found a reference in the printer section that referred to the CUPS server but when I tried to connect to the CUPS server, localhost, in the drop down menu, it came back with CUPS server error, failed to connect to server. I went to HP drivers and it was indicated that my printer, a Deskjet D1660 was supported in Linux and Zorin should have the driver built in. What do I do to fix it?

Hi lenberman, I don't know if 'hplip' is available via synaptic package manager - this is the HP toolbox for printing - you may also want to do a search in synaptic package manager for hp and see all the packages that return.

In the mean time try this in a Terminal (Ctrl+ Alt+ T):

Code:

system-config-printer

Please keep us posted!

That didn't help but I tried the same printer on Zorin 6 LTS and it immediately found the printer. Can it be that Zorin LITE is the problem?
Len

Hi lenberman, have you tried installing the hp-lip and hp-tools etc?

See Wolfman's guide here for post-installation for Lite and scroll down till you see the 'printers' section in green:

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