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aalbani

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Printer no longer in color dialog

Is the printer no longer displayed in the Xfce color dialog? Colord is running, and I'm using runit under Artix.

XICCD is also installed, and the monitor is recognized.

ToZ

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Re: Printer no longer in color dialog

XICCD is also installed, and the monitor is recognized.

Is the xiccd executable running?

With xiccd running, does colord recognize the printer?

colormgr get-devices

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aalbani

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Re: Printer no longer in color dialog

`colormgr get-devices` only detects the monitor, not the printer.

colormgr get-devices  
Object Path:   /org/freedesktop/ColorManager/devices/xrandr_Acer_XB271HU__ASNIYI9nRJvd_andre_1000
Owner:         andre
Created:       November 10 2025, 07:18:43 AM
Modified:      November 10 2025, 07:18:43 AM
Type:          display
Enabled:       Yes
Embedded:      No
Model:         XB271HU
Vendor:        Acer
Serial:        #ASNIYI9nRJvd
Scope:         temp
Colorspace:    rgb
Device ID:     xrandr-Acer-XB271HU-#ASNIYI9nRJvd
Profile 1:     icc-517a54f79396c83645fbb9fcc42026c5
               /home/user/.local/share/icc/XB271HU #1 2024-02-07 21-07 140cdm² D6500 sRGB F-S XYZLUT+MTX.icc
Metadata:      OutputEdidMd5=c782820393d15a6e7472f00d41f8a184
Metadata:      OutputPriority=secondary
Metadata:      XRANDR_name=DP-0
Metadata:      OwnerCmdline=xiccd 

ToZ

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Re: Printer no longer in color dialog

Is your printer on and working properly?

What is the output of:

ps -ef | grep -E 'colord|xiccd'

Which printer do you have? Did you install a specific driver?

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aalbani

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Re: Printer no longer in color dialog

The printer is on and working. It's a Brother MF-9142CDN and the driver is from the AUR.

ps -ef | grep -E 'colord|xiccd'
root       945   919  0 13:39 ?        00:00:00 runsv colord
colord     953   945  0 13:39 ?        00:00:00 /usr/lib/colord
user     1297  1143  0 13:39 ?        00:00:00 xiccd
user     26207 26096  0 13:46 pts/0    00:00:00 grep --colour=auto -E colord|xiccd

ToZ

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Re: Printer no longer in color dialog

I also have a brother printer (HL-2170W) and it shows up in the color profiles. Try this:

• kill the xiccd process

• restart colord

• start xiccd

• see if that recognizes it

Note: when I first start xiccd, it prompts me for the root password to create the printer profile - after I've installed the print driver (also from the AUR).

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aalbani

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Re: Printer no longer in color dialog

No, that doesn't help either.

I downgraded colord and built xiccd myself. It's no use; the printer simply won't appear there.

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Re: Printer no longer in color dialog

Do you have cups running? It appears that it is also required.

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aalbani

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Re: Printer no longer in color dialog

I'm now using void linux, and it works there.