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Alexander Kobel edited this page Aug 2, 2013 · 23 revisions

You want to print from your crouton?

  1. Install cups and related packages: sudo apt-get install cups system-config-printer-gnome
    To get a working lpr command, also install cups-bsd. You'll also want to install hplip if you're using an HP printer. There maybe other packages necessary for other printers, please add them here.

  2. Add yourself to the lpadmin group: sudo adduser <username> lpadmin

  3. init scripts don't work right in crouton so we need to start cups somehow. One way is to edit /etc/rc.local and add: /etc/init.d/cups start

  4. If you want to connect to remote CUPS servers, install cups-browsed, put your configuration into /etc/cups/cups-browsed.conf, and in /etc/rc.local add: /etc/init.d/cups-browsed start

  5. Finally, log out of your crouton and back in. You should now be able use Printer Settings to configure your printer.

This has been tested on a shared network printer. It may also work for directly connected printers, this needs to be confirmed.

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