Difference between revisions of "Configuring Printers"

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  '''$''' sudo /etc/init.d/cupsd start
 
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  '''$''' sudo rc-update add cupsd default
 
  '''$''' sudo rc-update add cupsd default
CUPS administration is now done via a web interface. In order to finish configuring your printer, you'll need to emerge a
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CUPS administration is now done via a web interface. In order to finish configuring your printer, you'll need to emerge a [[firefox | browser]]. Open your browser and go to ''http://localhost:631/''.

Revision as of 08:50, 10 May 2011

Printing services in linux are managed by a package called CUPS which is an abbreviation for "common unix printing system". If it's not already emerged, emerge cups.

$ sudo emerge -av cups

After the emerge completes, start the cups daemon, and add it to startup.

$ sudo /etc/init.d/cupsd start
$ sudo rc-update add cupsd default

CUPS administration is now done via a web interface. In order to finish configuring your printer, you'll need to emerge a browser. Open your browser and go to http://localhost:631/.