On the tabletop:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install cups cups-bsd
sudo usermod -a -G lpadmin folk

cups-bsd provides the lpr command that we use to print.

To access the CUPS interface, create an SSH tunnel from your laptop:

ssh -L 6310:localhost:631 folk@folk-WHATEVER.local

Leave this terminal window open.

Then open your browser and go to:

http://localhost:6310

→ Go to Printers. If your printer shows up automatically, try printing a test page.

Go to http://localhost:6310 on your computer. Go to Printers, and hopefully it shows up there automatically. Try printing a test page.

I could not get that implicitclass: automatically added printer in CUPS to work for my printer at all, so I did the steps below. —- If the job is paused due to a cups-browsed issue or otherwise doesn’t work, try the fix mentioned here: AskUbuntu: No suitable destination host found by cups-browsed Remove cup