{"id":1021,"date":"2020-01-28T17:30:21","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T22:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/engit\/?page_id=1021"},"modified":"2025-02-20T15:48:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T20:48:36","slug":"add-printer-to-linux","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/engit\/services\/printers\/add-printer-to-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Add Printer to Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This page includes instructions for adding printers to computers running flavors of the Linux operating system. Printer information is listed by dept:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/engit\/services\/printers\/bme-printers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BME Printers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/engit\/services\/printers\/ece-printers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ECE Printers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/engit\/services\/printers\/me-printers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ME Printers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/engit\/services\/printers\/photonics-center-printers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Photonics Center Printers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/engit\/services\/printers\/ingalls-printers\/\">Ingalls Printers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Add Printer via CUPS<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"line862\">Connect to the print server using the LPD or SMB protocols using <a class=\"http\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CUPS\">CUPS<\/a>. A list of hosted printers&#8217; full and share names can be generated using Samba&#8217;s implementation of the &#8220;net&#8221; command.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"ConnectusingtheLPDProtocol\"><span><div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Add Printer via LPD Protocol<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ol type=\"1\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"line862\">Use the local CUPS configuration server at <a class=\"http\" href=\"http:\/\/localhost:631\">http:\/\/localhost:631<\/a> (or any other configuration program). The CUPS server may not be running by default. Check the status of the cups server by entering the command systemctl status cups into the terminal. If the cups server is not active, start it with systemctl start cups (you may need root privileges). If you get an error saying &#8220;cups service is masked&#8221;, upgrade to the latest version using your system&#8217;s package manager (For example, apt-get upgrade cups on Ubuntu or yum upgrade cups on centos). <span class=\"anchor\" id=\"line-59\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Open the printer configuration application and select add a new printer. <span class=\"anchor\" id=\"line-60\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Enter name, description, and location information <span class=\"anchor\" id=\"line-61\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Choose the appropriate driver, if available, or Generic\/Postscript otherwise <span class=\"anchor\" id=\"line-62\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Choose LPR\/LPD for the printer type, with a URL syntax: lpd:\/\/server-name\/name-of-printer <span class=\"anchor\" id=\"line-63\"><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>(e.g. lpd:\/\/eng-printers\/ece-pho502-bw1) <span class=\"anchor\" id=\"line-64\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"line862\">The server name is <strong>eng-printers.bu.edu<\/strong> <span class=\"anchor\" id=\"line-65\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Share name of the printer, or the &#8216;Queue&#8217; are listed by dept<span class=\"anchor\" id=\"line-66\"><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page includes instructions for adding printers to computers running flavors of the Linux operating system. 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