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--- cups [2020/12/21 18:45] – [Detail: Groups] fixed other instance of out of date service name rjt
+++ cups [2024/08/29 04:08] (current) – system-config-printer rjt
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 ====== CUPS ======
+{{ :media:image:logo:cups.jpg?200|Line drawing of an anthropomorphised computer, with closed eyes and a smile, looking at a printer.}}
+**CUPS** may seem a little clunky, but you can probably run any old printer you want on [[Linux]], and that rules.
 ===== Setup =====
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   - Install [[arch>extra/x86_64/cups/|CUPS]].
   - Install the driver for your printer.
-  - Start CUPS service: <code>sudo systemctl start cups.service</code>
+  - Start CUPS service: <code>sudo systemctl start cups.service</code>or ''enable'' instead of ''start'' to have it always start, [[archw>systemd#Basic_systemctl_usage|etc]].
   - Turn on the printer, plug it into a USB, then test to see if it's recognised: <code>lsusb</code>
   - Go to the CUPS web interface at http://localhost:631/
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   - And added printadmin into <code>/etc/cups/cups-files.conf</code> to section <code># Administrator user group [...]</code>
   - Then start/restart CUPS service <code>sudo systemctl restart cups.service</code>
+==== Network Printing ====
+https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CUPS#Network
 ===== See Also =====
   * [[archw>CUPS]]
   * [[https://www.cups.org/|www.cups.org]]
+  * [[github>OpenPrinting/system-config-printer]] [[arch>extra/x86_64/system-config-printer/|system-config-printer]] - GUI tool for printer setup, bit more normal than CUPS
   * {{tagpage>printer}}
 {{tag>guide linux printing software}}