Re: Printer in Linux?
On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:10:26 -0500 (EST), "Justin Piszcz"
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> On Sat, 27 Dec 2008, Zach Uram wrote:
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> > I got an HP Deskjet 960c printer for Christmas and would like to set
> > it up in Debian testing, but I've never setup a printer in Linux
> > before. What should I do?
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> > Zach
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> Install the software for printing
> apt-get install cups cups-bsd cups-client cups-common
> cups-driver-gutenprint hpijs hpijs-ppds hplip hplip-data hplip-gui
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> Then use a web browser and goto http://127.0.0.1:631/
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> Configure your printer using the web interface, you need to add a
> printer/queue, set it up/test, print.
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hplip is the core HP Printer support package. Instead of manually
specifying the dependencies to install as above which is error-prone
(e.g. cups-driver-gutenprint is not a dependency of hplip), just install
that package and let it pull in what it needs.
aptitude install hplip
To save disk space, skip the Recommened hp-gui package which pulls in
QT.
Instead of using the CUPS, Gnome, or KDE interface to add the printer,
use the hp-setup command to launch a setup Wizard. This will run in
console mode if hp-gui is not installed.
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