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CUPS

CUPS is a open source printing software developed for unix and unix-like systems.

Setup

The software can be setup via Docker with the linuxserver image. Additionally to this a client is needed on the system that need access to the server software.

Client

To use CUPS an additional client software is needed.

For Linux computers follow these instructions:

  • 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

Usage

This section addresses the usage of the CUPS.

Adding a Printer

A printer can be added using the webinterface. The webinterface is normally reachable on port 631. This process is guided and should be self-explanatory. However in some cases additional drivers have to be installed. For example Brother label printers of the ptouch series feature drivers that are available for most Linux distributions in a package named printer-driver-ptouch. When adding the printer a network address has to be given. For USB printers this can be done via the USB protocol. Continuing the example Brother label Printer QL-600 the connection usb://Brother/QL-600 is sufficient. When using multiple printers the serial number can be given in addition to this. This is done by appending it the the mentioned connection string and will look like usb://Brother/QL-600?serial=000J1Z140282. The examples using the Brother printer are taken from a dwaves article.