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--- guides:printer [2025/10/07 20:52] – created blee
+++ guides:printer [2025/10/08 00:40] (current) – blee
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 ====== Printer Support ======
+First we need to download **CUPS**. **CUPS** is the **print management system** that lets your computer talk to printers — whether they’re plugged in via USB or connected over a network.
 On the tabletop:
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 </code>
-(``cups-bsd`` provides the ``lpr`` command that we use to print.)
+(''cups-bsd'' provides the ''lpr'' command that we use to print.)
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 ===== Accessing the CUPS Web UI =====
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 If your printer shows up automatically, try printing a test page.
-If the automatically added printer (`implicitclass://`) doesn’t work, follow the steps below.
+//I could not get that ''implicitclass:////'' automatically-added printer in CUPS to work for my printer at all, so I did the below:
+//
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-===== Troubleshooting =====
-If your job is paused due to `cups-browsed` issues or printing otherwise doesn’t work, try the fix mentioned here:
+If the job is paused due to a ''cups-browsed'' issue or otherwise doesn’t work, try the fix mentioned here:
 [[https://askubuntu.com/questions/1128164/no-suitable-destination-host-found-by-cups-browsed|AskUbuntu: No suitable destination host found by cups-browsed]]
+Remove ''cups-browsed'' by ''sudo apt-get purge --autoremove cups-browsed'' then add printer manually via IPP in Add Printer in Administration tab of CUPS Web UI (it might automatically show up under Discovered Network Printers there using dnssd)
-In summary:
+Once printer is working, go to Administration dropdown on printer page and Set as Server Default.
-<code bash>
+Try printing from Folk!
-sudo apt-get purge --autoremove cups-browsed
-</code>
-Then, in the **CUPS Web UI → Administration → Add Printer**,
-add your printer manually via **IPP**.
-It might also appear automatically under *Discovered Network Printers* (via `dnssd`).
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-===== Finishing Setup =====
-Once the printer is working:
-  * Go to the **Administration** dropdown on the printer’s page
-  * Select **Set as Server Default**
-Try printing from **Folk**!
-You can also test printing directly from the command line:
-<code bash>
-lpr ~/folk-printed-programs/SOMETHING.pdf
-</code>
-*(Note: you have to print the PDF, not the PS file, for it to work properly.)*
+You can also test printing again with ''lpr ~/folk-printed-programs/SOMETHING.pdf'' (you'll likely have to print the PDF and not the PS for it to work)