Printing

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Marie Huynh edited this page Dec 9, 2013 · 6 revisions

You want to print from your crouton?

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.
Add yourself to the lpadmin group: sudo adduser <username> lpadmin
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: /usr/sbin/cupsd
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: /usr/sbin/cups-browsed &
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 also works for directly connected printers, including an ML-1740.