No Printers available in Brave - Ubuntu Mate 20.04

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I have just started using Brave yesterday - been using Chrome forever on Ubuntu Mate 20.04

i print a lot and have hit my first brick wall with Brave… i cant print.

when the print dialog comes up the destination shows “Save as PDF”. if i pull the list down the only other option is “see more”. if i do this it takes a moment to search but finds nothing other than “save as PDF”

if I click the ‘Manage’ button, it takes me to Brave settings with one single option for ‘printers’. clicking on this brings up Ubuntu Printers (system-config-printer), where it shows my Epson ET-4750. i cannot get it to appear in the Brave settings in order to use it.

is there any way i can get Brave to recognise my system printer(s)??

TIA

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Are you using the Snap package or the official package repository (see instructions at https://brave.com/linux/)?

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i used mate terminal to add repository and to install from command line

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Ok so you’re using the official packages, and you’re saying that if you use Chrome on the same machine it sees your printer just fine?

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i have just gone back into Chrome to check and yes, i can see my printer, plus save to PDF and save to google drive…

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I’ve created an issue for your problem: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/13565

If you have any more details (e.g. version of Brave, etc.) please feel free to add them there.

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thank you :slight_smile:

Version 1.18.78 Chromium: 87.0.4280.141 (Official Build) (64-bit)
installed on Ubuntu Mate 20.04

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