setup/doc/cups.md

Setup Cups Printing Service

• get the latest version of installed packages and refresh the repo cache

sudo apt update

• install driver and cups from the official repository

sudo apt install printer-driver-all --no-install-recommends
sudo apt install cups --no-install-recommends

• install firewall and update with cups web interface port 631 like this

• enable cups access from network clients by editing /etc/cups/cupsd.conf

sudo vi /etc/cups/cupsd.conf

• change the following values in sudo vi /etc/cups/cupsd.conf

Listen <host>:631


# Show shared printers on the local network.
BrowseAddress All

# Default authentication type, when authentication is required...
DefaultAuthType Basic

# Restrict access to the server...
Allow All

# Restrict access to the admin pages...
Allow All

# Restrict access to configuration files...
Allow All

• add user to group ldamin

sudo usermod -a -G lpadmin <user>

• restart cups service

sudo systemctl restart cups

• open http://192.168.178.51:631/ in web browser on any client in the network

• follow cups web interface to add network printer and share it with clients