[BlueOnyx:13891] Re: BlueOnyx-5108R-CentOS-6.3: How do I setup a printer ?

[Neil Watson]

>> How do I get a printer, so that I can print the contents of server files ?

>I wouldn't go through that kind of pain for just printing a few things
>every now and then.
>
>Most of the cheap ink-pissers only come only with drivers for Windows
>and they will not work on anything that doesn't run a recent copy of
>Windows. The printer-makers simply offloaded a lot of the printer logic
>into the drivers and without them the printer is just a dumb package of
>moving parts for the ink.
>
>Which means that you'd have to go for a more expensive printer that has
>some kind of Linux support. Or you'd need a network printer.
>
>I haven't tried to install a printer manually from the CLI on Linux in
>almost 20 years, because usually the Linux Desktop has pretty comfy
>tools for that legwork. Regardless if the Desktop is Gnome, KDE, Unity
>or whatever else.
>
>If I had to print anything on a server, I would simply SSH or SFTP into
>it from my regular desktop PC and would then just select the file in
>Explorer (or its counterpart on various Linux desktops) and would print
>it from there. That's a hell of a lot easier than trying to rig a
>printer to a server that has no graphical desktop.
>
>However, here are some CLI commands that you might be looking for:
>
>http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/linux_system_administration/linux_printer_HOWTO/setup_001.html


I've had reasonable success with setting up printers with Webmin which I find
quite useful for "lower level" tweeks that I can't remember how to do with the
command line any more (!)...

See:

http://doxfer.webmin.com/Webmin/PrinterAdministration

for some guidance...

Neil.