Printing in Linux

READ ME FIRST

First of all you must check your cups version. There are two ways you can do this, either type:

cups-config --version

or open this link

If you have cups version prior to 1.6 please follow these instructions instead.

Instructions

  1. Go to System Settings ‣ Printers (or from a terminal execute ‘system-config-printer’) and choose ‘Add’
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  2. Choose Network Printer and on the bottom choose the IPP protocol

  3. Copy the wanted printer IPP URI from the Printer List , paste it in the Enter the device URI field and press continue.

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    Note: if you see a different screen (text fields hostname and queue), the hostname should be ipp://gamow.tecnico.ulisboa.pt:631/printers/ and the queue is the name of the printer (i.e: Xerox)

  4. Fill in the name, description and location for this printer as presented in the Printer List and press next.
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Make sure you DO NOT share the printer

You should now have your printer configured.

Alternate Configuration

If you have cups version prior to 1.6 download from the following scripts the ones you need:

To install the wanted printer remember to run:

$ chmod +x <scriptname>

before trying to run the script, then you just need to run the script itself, i.e:

$ sudo ./ColorLaserJet1

NOTE: in these scripts we assume the no printer exists in the target system with one of these names, so make sure none do.

Printer List

Please do not copy any of the links before reading the instructions above

Name Location Model Address
ColorLaserJet2 Second Floor HP ColorLaserjet CP3525 ipp://gamow.tecnico.ulisboa.pt:631/printers/ColorLaserJet2
LaserJet4 Fourth Floor HP LaserJet 4100 ipp://gamow.tecnico.ulisboa.pt:631/printers/LaserJet4
Xerox Fourth Floor Xerox WorkCentre 7425 ipp://gamow.tecnico.ulisboa.pt:631/printers/Xerox