[SOLVED] Printer Icon Lost

Hello, I lost my panel printer icon, while trying to arrange things, I don't know how to add it since it is not an option in panel - add. I am under Zorin Lite 12.3 and it is really important for me to have it back.

If you have Gnome tweak tool (Gnome Shell Extensions) you can rescue the right bottom printer's icon follow
extensions => printers => click the gear on the right and choice "show icon : ever" in the top menu
Also I needed to do the same 'cause Ive lost the icon

Angelo

Angelo wrote:If you have Gnome tweak tool (Gnome Shell Extensions) you can rescue the right bottom printer's icon follow
extensions => printers => click the gear on the right and choice "show icon : ever" in the top menu
Also I needed to do the same 'cause Ive lost the icon

Angelo

Hi Angelo, that is fine for Core/Ultimate - xfce does not use the Gnome Shell.

@pcfan5 - see if running any of the commands in the answer provided here helps via the terminal as 'system-config-printer' should already work and see if that brings it back and see if you can right-click and pin?

https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=10119

Swarfendor437 wrote:Hi Angelo, that is fine for Core/Ultimate - xfce does not use the Gnome Shell.

Hi Swarfendor437,
sorry I don't knew that Zorin Light come with Xfce, never seen that release version. Next time I'll make more attention when I write (I'm almost noob with the Linux universe)
THX for your edit, you're ever welcome!

Angelo

Hi guys ! thank you Both for your replies!!
I checked the link given but "system-config-printer" and "pygobject2" didn't work for me.

"system-config-printer" is already install.
"pygobject2" doesn't even appear in synaptics.

What do you say about this?:
xfce4-settings-editor
xfprint

I have some options in xfprint they are in spanish
Here is the translation "cadena" = chain ; "vacio" = empty

There is also an option in xfced4-panel to reset it I have seen all this here: https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/refresh-l ... rebooting/
but I will wait for your replies.

Thanks

Just had another look at that link I posted for you - have you done a web search for "xfce panel plugins"?

Hi again, thank you , that was the only thing I didn't do . (because my printer i salready shown in cups) I got this : http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/start
however there isn't a plugin for printer, which one should I install?

I would try this:

https://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel ... let-plugin

and then look here:

https://unix.stackexchange.com/question ... rectly-fro

Angelo wrote:If you have Gnome tweak tool (Gnome Shell Extensions) you can rescue the right bottom printer's icon follow
extensions => printers => click the gear on the right and choice "show icon : ever" in the top menu
Also I needed to do the same 'cause Ive lost the icon

Angelo

Hi Angelo I installed the Gnome Tweak Took but don't see the "extensions" tab anywhere ...

pcfan5 wrote:

Angelo wrote:If you have Gnome tweak tool (Gnome Shell Extensions) you can rescue the right bottom printer's icon follow
extensions => printers => click the gear on the right and choice "show icon : ever" in the top menu
Also I needed to do the same 'cause Ive lost the icon

Angelo

Hi Angelo I installed the Gnome Tweak Took but don't see the "extensions" tab anywhere ...

When you open 'gnome-tweak-tool' 'Extensions' should be an item in the left pane which you have to left-click - but it could also because you are running xfce and not Gnome Shell!

Now I get it better thanks Swarf... Regarding your suggestion (before this post) I will keep it in mind, I am thinking about it is simpler than all we have been speaking here, since I used to have it (the icon I mean).

Well I haven't installed the new printer yet (sadly, the lovely Pixma MG-7750 has gone to the Printer Graveyard following a '1403' error - inkjet overheating! It was a white version of this:

https://youtu.be/GhtrW6TKj-c?t=235

And now I have this to share with the household:

https://www.canon.co.uk/printers/pixma-ts8150-series/

Scroll down to the one in front of a sofa and select 'Watch Video'.

OK, to get your 'printer/s' icon on the panel (this is on 12.3 Lite I must add):

I wasn't able to fix the problem,with neither both options, should I try the dconf?

Try adding the application launcher, add quick launcher to the panel then add printers launcher?

I just came across this thread and I had not come across these screens before.

For my information - what is the panel you are both referring to?

Finston Pickle wrote:I just came across this thread and I had not come across these screens before.

For my information - what is the panel you are both referring to?

the xfce one in Zorin Lite - NOT Core/Ultimate.

Thanks - older and wiser.

Swarfendor437 wrote:Try adding the application launcher, add quick launcher to the panel then add printers launcher?

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That is a good idea!!! thank you so much for taking the time to do this screen capture. I haven't seen this before and I got to get the panel icon last night before seen this post...

I did it through Session and Start (hope it is translated like this since my system is in spanish) then Startup Apps .

Hey, Glad you got it sorted!