Cups

Setup Server

Docker

The official container and documentation was made by olbat.

Volumes

Set the following volumes with the -v tag.

Volume-Name	Container mount	Description
`cups`	`/etc/cups`	configuration for printers, etc
`/var/run/dbus`	`/var/run/dbus`	connection to host dbus

Ports

Set the following ports with the -p tag.

Container Port	Recommended outside port	Protocol	Description
`631`	`631`	TCP	cups server webui

Additional

The default username is print, the default password is print.

Rebuild

#!/bin/sh
docker stop cups
docker rm cups
docker pull olbat/cupsd:latest
docker run --name cups \
        --restart unless-stopped \
        --net=host \
        -p 631:631 \
        -v /var/run/dbus:/var/run/dbus \
        -v cups:/etc/cups/ \
        -d olbat/cupsd:latest

Client Setup

Install the cups-client package (in Arch Linux it is included in cups)
Edit /etc/cups/client.conf and insert ServerName <ip to print-server>:631
Restart the cups service: systemctl restart cups
Test connectivity: lpstat -r
Check the detected printers with: lpstat -v

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