Installing Printers in Linux | CUPS, Printing, and Scanning
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
- In this video, I am going over installing printers in Linux. I'm going over CUPS (Common Unix Printer Service) and Scanning with Multi-function printers.
CUPS Install and Setup
sudo apt install cups
sudo systemctl enable cups
sudo systemctl start cups
CUPS Setup - localhost:631
Setup user with modification to use printers
sudo usermod -aG lpadmin username
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Also, If you get permission issues in CUPS interface be sure and do the following in terminal:
Setup user with modification to use printers - $ sudo usermod -aG lpadmin username
What does this mean "Setup user with modification to use printers - $ sudo usermod -aG lpadmin username"
Anton run "sudo usermod -aG lpadmin " it means add your user to the linux printing admin (lpadmin) group.
I think this may be a bit out of date; I had problems with my low end all in one Epson printer (ET-2650) in some distros, but arch dealt with it really well; in Salient I didn't even have to start printer settings, it started up as soon as I plugged the usb in and installed everything automatically, including utilities (nozzle clean etc) and scanner, which no other distro would do
A ready baked Arch is really a good idea for the average home printing set up...
hi Chris my cups server cant be start. How do I uninstall and reinstall again.
@@fiddledotgoth what is Arch?, how does it work? Please tell me more. I have problem to install Canon MF 4770. Thanks in advance.
after attempting to connect to my neighbor's printer on accident for 2 hours, i finally figured out which one was mine :)
What we all want to know is how much of your neighbor's paper and ink did you blow off before you figured it out?😀😁😂🤣😃😄😅
LOL! Opps!
then you went to your neighbors house and took the printer hahahaha
Very useful episode. Printers aren’t as sexy as gaming and desktop ricing, but printers are something we must deal with. Besides, every hacker needs a good printer story! Thanks as always for the great content, Chris! Cheers!
If you are doing this in Arch, the cups service name has been changed. Type this.
$ sudo systemctl enable org.cups.cupsd.service
$ sudo systemctl start org.cups.cupsd.service
Good video.
Edited.
If you are not sure if Cups is installed, do this first.
$ systemctl start cups (If your terminal displays Unit cups.service not found, then you need to create /etc/systemd/system/cups.socket with the following content.)
[Unit]
Description=CUPS Printing Service Sockets
[Socket]
ListenStream=/var/run/cups/cups.sock
[Install]
WantedBy=sockets.target
(Then do the above commands)
Have fun!!
THIS. THIS is why Linux is still not ready for general users. Yes, Windows blows. But so does having to do all of this just for a stinking printer.
For scanning, I can personally recommend simple-scan. I was expecting the worst, and spending hours of trying to make scanning work for my Canon MP260, but it literally just worked perfectly out of the box.
Thanks. How is it for multi-page scanning?
What distro are you on?
CUPS + Raspberry Pi Zero Wireless = make (virtually) ANY USB Printer in to a discrete networked printer.
Bill Cumming Nice! I’m always looking for new rpi zero projects. This is a good one for my homelab! Thanks!
yes!
tried this, but the driver i need wont run on RaspberryPi :-( so now trying off of my server, but still stuck lol
shoul I try it !!
Wow printing on my raspberry pi !! that's awesome!!
What about scanning?
Thanks to your videos in the past week, I will be making the full jump to Linux when I build a Ryzen based system later this year. I admit, I was/am one of those people that was hanging onto Windows just for gaming. However, I have been checking out Valve's Proton and WINE. The titles where I spend 90% of my time are rated Gold or higher. Probably going to go with POP! OS. Thanks again and keep up the good work!
@@motoryzen and reddit, lol jk.
I appreciate the reality check. Printing/scanning is one of the areas that make me hesitant to switch from Windows to Linux. So, I'm still hesitating. Thanks.
For anyone that's curious about a comparative study between Arch and Ubuntu, Ubuntu and Mint are easier with their printing. It's a plug-and-play maneuver, and that's all there is to it.
I have a network HP printer. Linux Mint worked instantly with my network printer. Arch and Manjaro, on the other hand, have not worked with my HP printer.
I love you man! I spent 15 hours trying to set up my printer doing research on my own. This made things sooooo much easier
Did you know that on Windows you can just plug in the printer and it will work a few moments later? lol
@@isaackvasager9957 did you know in Linux mint you don’t even have to install a driver? 1) plug in printer 2) open file you want to print 3) select printer 4) done
Great detailed video on CUPS & Printing on Linux. Thanks for the information Chris.
systemctl enable --now {service} is equivalent to separate enable/start commands. And thanks for the video, Chris :)
I've got to say that Canon has great drivers for Linux. I have a wireless printer from them, one of the cheapest they sell, the Canon MG3052 for around £30. Scanning works and so does printing, no problems whatsoever and entirely wireless! :) They have custom drivers designed for use with CUPS. You just install them and the printer automatically is registered with CUPS and works out of the box. To scan, you just run the program from the terminal and it pops up as a GUI. You could add a shortcut to your menu if you wanted to. :) Canon is great for Linux! :D
I have experience of 3 basic HP printers (different models) on Linux with Debian and for printing its just a case of:
sudo apt install hplip system-config-printer
Then use the print settings gui to set it up (if it's on the network its usually done automatically). system -config-printer being a gnome package I believe so probably fits in better with gtk based desktops. Surprisingly I tried the same packages with an epson printer and that also worked. I'm only talking about printing functionality though on these printers, never tried to set them up for scanning. On point content as always :)
Thanks, Chris, for posting this vid. Much more insiteful than the "1-2-3 and you're done" vids.
Linux printing has come a long way. I use MX Linux, which automatically discovered my Cannon printer. There is nothing better than plug and play. I've been using a Chromebook for many years but the Google updates ended. I was skeptical about going back to a Linux laptop because I don't have time to constantly tweak stuff. I was pleasantly surprised! Printing works great. As for scanning, I prefer to simply take a picture with my iPhone which has the ability to convert the scan to PDF.
Thanks for the tip. I will give MX Linux a try!
Your cat in the background was a great bonus to the video.
Thank you!! YOU BEAUTIFUL HUMAN!!!!
I've had such a nightmare connecting a printer on my Linux system!! after executing the commands in the description it worked perfectly!
THANK YOU! I fiddled and messed around as far as 'I' could go and still couldn't scan. My techy nephew, couldn't scan, but then found a new-to-me scanner I could use, ...but haven't. The THANK YOU is for making me feel so much 'less' stupid that before I watched this video! If 'you' couldn't do it, it is, indeed, beyond Linux...and mee for the time being. : )
Great video and proves why Linux is not more mainstream. It's ridiculous that something as incredibly common as printing is so cumbersome to set up. Linux will remain a hobby and maybe a daily driver for enthusiasts, power users and a few diehards like myself and the commenters.
My printing experience on Linux has been incredibly smooth. I would legit boot into Linux just to do print jobs.
It's a virtual nightmare on my Windows 10 install but I have an HP so 🤷
Please share some details, distro, version, printer, drivers .... Thank you!
@@TomasAugust He said it though, HP Printers. HP printers is very Linux Friendly. 🙂👍
I had no trouble using my cannon lazer printer in Linux mint, I connected it up and it just worked.
Stay away from Samsung. I can't get the driver from HP to install.
I dont know what I did (following lots of tutorials got me confused) but Im so happy I made my Epson FX2190 Dot Matrix printer work in my Kali Linux..
Thank you so much. This video saved what is left of my sanity.
What I use for scanning is the Simple Scan program which - I don’t know how it does that - automatically detects a network or USB scanner and scans perfectly fine.
Tested with an EPSON and HP printer.
Chris doesn't mention it in this video but you need to make sure your distribution of Linux is supported by a particular printer before you buy it. I'm running PCLinuxOS and have been trying to get a Samsung M2835DW printer to work correctly for over 8 months. Setting up a printer is complex enough without adding compatibility issues to boot! BUYER BEWARE!
Thank you. That "Windows & Mac" process of downloading the driver from Canon had always worked with Debian for my Canon printer, but Arch had me pulling my hair out and ready to just move anything needing printing to my Debian laptop. You just got me close enough to find my way there.
CUPS allows you to make a non-networked printer into a networked printer by sharing over a server, and SANE allows for you to use scanners the same way. Both of them are basically hacks, because they work around the official drivers and software for the printers they support.
Great video, liked the disclaimer. I personally prefer separate devices not 3-in-1s. That said on Manjaro, I found the Brother (printer) drivers in the AUR and Epson (scanner) software split between the regular repositories and the AUR. Both work fine with minimal fuss.
Good afternoon! I am absolutely thrilled! Thanks for the lesson with the information. I have used this to get an Epson printer running on Lubuntu 20.0x. So the video has been brilliant. Definitely a go to for a Normy to start learning printing problem troubleshooting and resolving. Thank you Mr Titus. Much appreciated.
Lol I didn’t see the cat till u mentioned it ❤️
soo here I am, never having had a problem with Canon and HP low-cost home printers on Linux since years. They all support network printing, which is bascially CUPS, so they can be found in the Add A Printer dialouge in GNOME settings for example.
My Canon MB5350 installation on Mint 19.1 this week was horrible. Required initially downloading drivers from 2015 from Canon's US website, one for printing and one for scanning. Then SUDO on the install.sh to get each installed. Then I learned that the drivers were OLD (but were the newest available on Canon's US website) so I had to hunt on Canon's other regional websites to find newer ones (on the Asia Pacific site).
I'm blaming Linux only for not automatically detecting the printer like on Windoze. And I am blaming vendors for not seeing Linux as something they need to invest in re: updating their drivers and providing documentation!
It's a chicken-and-egg issue, it will stay like this until Linux user adoption reaches critical mass, but won't reach critical mass while this issue (and other ridiculous issues like it) remain, being viable only for the more technical users.
Josh Payne Don't blame Linux, it is simply impossible to use a printer without its drivers. Windows unfortunately comes with them (I hope Windows bricks every Windows User's computer someday), but printer vendors won't make proper GPL licensed drivers that could go in the Kernel, instead, they choose to make crappy drivers that are only enough to barely be usable. Only some printer companies (like HP) make almost proper drivers. They are still not open source and most cannot go into the kernel.
Thank you Chris, you saved my life, I was lost trying to get my printer working.
Linux requires 2 much nerves. Thanks again for explaining us all these tutorials!
very useful. Very cost-effective, enough for daily printing, but I feel that the ink is used up faster
Hey Chris,
I think talking a bit more about KDE Connect/GS Connect might be a good idea. I've been using them for a few weeks now, and I think they're among the coolest apps ever made,
Btw: I'm kind of privileged in that I'm working in places that are run on Linux (Xubuntu in the LinEx variant), i.e. public schools ib Extremadura, Spain. It's so funny how all those Mac and Windows users keep running into trouble with printing in my schools' staff rooms while with my Ubuntu laptop the only problem is identifying the right printer for my application for a different place not being printed in the dean's office ;-)
I used this video as an excuse to take the time to get my printer working (Canon Pixma MX492). You have to dig to find them, but Canon provides RPM and Deb packages for their drivers on Linux. I run Manjaro myself, but thankfully someone made an AUR package of the drivers so installing them was relatively trivial. Once I had the drivers installed (separate drivers for printing and scanning), it was a simple matter of following the configuration instructions in the documentation that Canon provided on their website. The printing works reliably now. The scanning is more hit and miss (their included scanning utility only works when the printer is connected over USB, but the scanner is properly handled by SANE programs), with the scan sometimes failing halfway through, but the fact that it works at all is something. Prior to taking the time to get CUPS set up properly, I was using a somewhat hacky solution involving Google's Cloudprint service. Thanks for the push to get this working properly!
Thank your so much. After trying number of ways finally this tip worked out for me without any error and so easily.
I am glad for this Printer video hahaha, just ran into a problem and the command listed below worked like a charm. Thank You.
HP makes really good printers for linux, and they're even supporting Linux with some custom tools, some of which are included in Manjaro KDE
Epson too
Wait, are you saying that they provide something to the Linux base and not Windows as a kind of nod? I hope it's true. It would be an anarchist's wet dream.
@@InsideOfMyOwnMind Manjaro has a built in GUI that o believe is FOSS and it helps manage CUPS.
HP also supports OpenSuse on their business laptops
Useful video, actually I'm preparing for the LPIC-1 exam 2
Some HP models such as the old HP F2200 multi function were absolutely plug and play with Ubuntu and Mint. Just plug in the usb cord & it would self install. The printer lasted for years.
Mine doesn't play that way with me!
It doesn't do stuff, at all!
A real "saving on INK!" Lol!
I've never been able to use printers in Linux reliably. Even with HP. printing on Linux is like starting a nuclear reactor.
If you have an older Lexmark printer and you are moving to linux, its best use is as a boat anchor.
hi, I'm a newbie. just bought my pc w/ubuntu installed and just checked and it already has cups installed; the printer is recognized by the software but even though I have tried to print and it says that the printing is completed nothing printed. Any suggestions?
I've had very good success using XSane as the scanning program on my HP Printer.
You are the Best! Thanks alot!
One crude work around if you have a lot of trouble installing a printer is if you can buy a printer that prints PDF from flash drive without a computer.
You could then save your document as a PDF to flash drive then plug the flash drive into your PDF printer and print it that way.
One of those printers is handy in a time when printing isn't working in your linux but you need something printed right away.
or, have a network printer with build in storage. Those can setup a network share. Upload the PDF and autoprint or select on the printer.
Thanks for the video Chris. I have found that Ubuntu automatically finds and loads network printer drivers upon network connection in 20.04; however, the scanner function seems to only work in local mode. And that is just using the proprietary scanner driver from my MFD manufacturer.
the 5 people who downvoted: "he didn't go over MY printer, so he doesn't deserve an upvote!"
Thank you, Chris. I love CUPS! When I first starting using Linux the ease with printing and scanning compared to Windows and Mac at the time (a dozen years ago) was a joy.
Canon printers are a *nightmare* in Linux--looking forward to some help!
I normally just stick hp printers on Linux but the sales guy talked me into buying a brother laser printer and said that it had Linux support. Brought it home, installed the Linux drivers which installed perfectly and then proceeded to spent the weekend trying to get the stupid thing to print off of my network. Took it back to the store and exchanged it for a hp laser printer which I wanted in the first place. Brought it home plugged it into my network and everything just worked. P.S using a multifunction laser printer. :)
Great video. HP Officejet 8710 and a few other similar models have been seen on sale for less than $100 lately. It's cheap for what you get and has full Linux support.
Thanks fot the video. I have a Raspberry PI running raspbian and cups with a brother printer... and yeah, it only prints, no scan functions.
This is like playing Soulsborne, 50% hate, 50% love.
:)
This is the reason I always choose HP for my printers. I simply plug it and it works out of the box, no driver installation required. Print results are great, scanner works just as well.
This is a "network" printer, HP!
I have a HP all-in one printer on Ubuntu sudo apt install hplip-gui got it set up. Easy.
I never had any problems with my HP OfficeJet 3831 printer in Linux. I never got why people were complaining about it.
It took 2,5 hrs to install the few years old cheap Canon into the Windows 10. Into the Arch Linux it took something between 10-20 seconds including the writing of the installation command.
Thank you Chris, I have used mint for years and not had too much trouble connecting printers, but I move over to Arch, and tryed following there suggestions to connect to printer, but nothing. I followed your way and hey presto straight in, cheers
Thank you. This video is very useful. It helped me
Thanks for explaining this. I'm really lost with printers.
super clear and useful, thanks
Thank you Chris, this solved my issues with printers in Fedora 31
Years ago, company had a AIX box running PICK, that had a few printers but couldnt print directly to managers desk printers. I used a linux box to provide a RPD print service for AIX to print to, and the spool sent the print job to that managers Windows printer via Samba
Installing a printer in Linux (PopOS 18.04): Install PopOS and hit the "Add Printer" button to connect to the shared, HP LaserJet 1300 printer connected to my wife's Mac. And it works, perfectly. I'd make a video, but you'd miss it if you blinked.....it would be about 8 seconds long.
Ubuntu makes printing really, easy it comes with CUPS preinstalled. I have a printer that is plugged directly into my router at home and Ubuntu finds it and it works out of the box without any prompt from me. Multi-function features are often a pain in the ass to set up and get working in any distro, and rolling releases are even worse (ARCH was a nightmare when I tried it). this is the reason why I don't like rolling releases for my main production rigs.
Was going well with printers with all the Cinnamon's like 17.3 18 and Ubuntu until I hit 19 Linux Cinnamon and 19.1, not a hope I tried all, then even had to reload it twice, no luck, so I had to use windows, had no other option. If I give your instructions a chance what is the prospect of printers working on 19 Thank you very much Chris Titus Tech.
Thank you, Chris! It wasn't hard at all to install my EPSON -ET-2750 Series printer onto my Debian 10.4 KDE system :D
I just purchased an HP MFP M227fdw. Everything works. I can scan over the network. I don't use FAX.
I was having trouble with printer install in Linux Mint 19.3, a CUPS server error. Typed localhost:631 in the browser and went that route instead. Worked great.
Thanks dude..it's working for manjaro
I feel for ya Chris. I had a great experience with my HP MFP and when I couldn’t get the same one for my dad, I bought the EXACT same one you have, and boy was it a painful setup. Not only that, but something mysterious happened after a week and it just _would not connect_ until I reset it, the router and reinstalled HPLIP.
For me HP are the best compatible with Linux, as long as you have an up to date system
Thank you for sharing. It works for me
My Brother colour laser printer (MFC-9340CDW) works great in Linux... printing, scanning and copying... no problem at all. I set it up two years ago... and no longer remember what I did... but everything works.
Hey Chris. Anyway to get an update on this vid? It's great, but things could have changed in nearly a year.
Haha! i can finally print my homework directly from my own machine, rather than uploading it to the nas and printing it from my dad's machine
I've followed the instructions, but every time I go to print I get "Unable to locate printer "BRWE89EB4464094"
I'm using Manjaro with a Brother MFC-J985DW printer.
Would love to see a 2024 update to this video.
So lets do this, to do the printer stuff easily load print manager which will negate the need to go into cups, you will still have to enable it but once you've done so it's easy. Also foomatic-db plus all the extra bits help.. It's much easier in Ubuntu as they seem to have this right out of the box in Arch you do need to load a most of these manually and some may not come up on the options. Next Xsane is just fab I love it for scanning.. It's much more feature rich than simple scan and I find the images better you may prefer simple scan for it's simplicity. And finally we get to non sysd and this is where you need to search because you obviously can't run systemd commands to start cups.. I use Arch with runit so what you need to do is sudo sv up cupsd however this command will not work on it's own so it might be worth while checking out you system wiki. On Arch as well as hplip you'll need period hplip-plugin otherwise your dear little printer will just sit there doing nothing
Great video! I have a Brother MFC-J480DW, and after I installed the drivers, which were easy to install, it worked well in Linux. The only problem I have is that scanning with a higher DPI causes whatever program does the scan to crash. Also, printing works well even without the drivers. Note that I have it connected through the network. Also, I haven't tested the document feeder, because I generally never use it. I left this comment for anyone who is looking into buying this model, I hope it helps.
Why did you assume that there are proper drivers on the list? Many people don't have it so the chase begins and the whole situation is much more complicated. Also with network printers, there are so many strange options and the process of detecting the driver and it also usually fails and you have to be a detective to figure it out. Then the drivers for Linux are incomplete, primitive, confusing and not localized... so setting them properly is again another issue. And what about other computers? How do they access such shared printer?
You presented the whole thing more like a "walk in a park" ;D. In reality, a user is about to enter a hell...
Also as Linux users, we are in a very hard spot. HP Printers usually have the best Linux support but HP is horrible and I avoid it at all costs. 99% of people around have or had HP Printers and 99% of them had massive issues with them, they were primitive and low quality. So I used Epson printers but... they were overpriced so I switched to Brother and I'm happy with it although drivers for Linux are poor but do work. Maybe that is a personal bias and HP is good now but... I just can't force myself to use it or recommend to anyone. I still see trashy HP printers around... They may have Linux support but they are so bad that they rarely work correctly under Windows, so I don't expect them to be good in Linux either.
So yeah, printers... saying they suck in Linux is an understatement of the century. All of it because lack of standards in the industry and lack of Linux support by the companies that produce them.
What about cloud printing? As I recall, Ubuntu introduced some printing improvement, maybe this was about cloud printing? Can you elaborate that?
As to scanners, install scan lite, connect with USB (wifi connection never works for scanners in my experience) and pray that it will work... Luckily, a phone is a compact scanner nowadays...
Thank you, it's working with my parrot
What is the optimal setup for CUPS on which distro? I'm Windows shop. 20 basic HP printers. Need easy, light distro to run CUPS for years without administration. Need to have google remote running on it so I can admin it over internet.
There is a password in the cups site when I click on add a printer
Does anyone know the password
In mac you just plug the thing in and off it goes. Why can't we have that in linux.
After installing on my dell laptop the system rebooted and showed a list of IO errs and could not boot
CUPS and Simple Scan were ready when I installed the DVD version of Debian. I just needed to add my printer on localhost:631.
wiki.debian.org/SystemPrinting
You may need your printer IP.
askubuntu.com/questions/643584/how-do-i-get-ip-of-installed-network-printer
When I first installed Linux, I was amazed by the fact that I didn't have to do anything with my printer. I have a brother laser printer. I was just browsing around my desktop environment, seeing what's what, and a window popped up and said, "Hey, I found a printer. Ya wanna use it?" So I said yes, and the printer was installed. Lol
Move forward about a year and I had to reinstall Linux (same distro). You think I could get that fucking printer to show up? Took me days to get it figured out!
In the end, the Brother website actually had some pretty good instructions on how to get it working. But what a weird anomaly that it worked on its own the first time, and I had to do so much tinkering the second time on exactly the same OS.
it didn't help, when i clicked on add printer and classes it took me to other page
Is a cat a big help in printing than cups? Just curious
Hello Chris. I am a long suffering scanner to connect with linux person. I have watched your videos and cannot get the Brother 330c to find scanner. Question for you if you can answer? How come its so hard for everyone to connect scanners and printers to the linux platform, then Vuescan picks it up straight away and a purchased product??? I guess its down to knowing what the correct generic code is?...can you enlighten me and thousand of other Linux users around the world?. If not thank's at least for reading this, and keep up your great input and work for us all. Best regards Chis ( UK )
What about SANE?
You're skipping the same critical information that the documentation skips. What is the point of using a Cups server from a Windows client when the Windows client has good drivers for the printer and can access it directly over the network? Also if you did decide for some reason to use the Cups server from a Windows client, what driver do you specify to make it work through Cups?
Thanks man. This is my number 1 concern when changing OS. My old laptop cant handle win10 and I only use it for editing and printing documents.
You lost me at 4:42. I clicked 'add print'. My printer (Kyocera FS-1041) is connected by USB to the computer. The cups interface gives me
Local Printers:
O Serial Port #1
O Serial Port #5
O HP Printer (HPLIP)
O LPT #1
O HP Fax (HPLIP)
I've no idea how to proceed from here....
Thank you very much this video. It was very helpfull.
Is that a copy cat or a cat scan you have in the back ground?