Linux Printing
Introduction
You should find everything you need to get your printer working at http://www.openprinting.org/ - This site maintains a database of printers that are known, or not know, to work with Linux. Almost all printer configuration is done through a PPD file which describes the capabilities of the printer. The website also has generic instructions for setting up the printer with various spooler implementations, even without a spooler.
Managing Printers
If you can use CUPS to manager your printers, this is by far the easiest to setup and manage, at this time. The CUPS manager is available to a web-browser on port 631 of the host machine:
Hewlett Packard
When using the hpijs drivers, use hp-makeuri (in the hplip Debian package) to ascertain the correct URL to use for the printer. E.g.
- hp-makeuri 192.168.1.44
Run without parameters for help.
Resources
- http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Printing-HOWTO/how.html
- http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Debian-and-Windows-Shared-Printing/index.html
-- Frank Dean - 06 Nov 2008