Printing (CUPS)

At home, I have a Brother HL-2270DW laser printer. Using CUPS has always served me pretty well, and printing a one-off document is relatively painless. To set it up, install the following:

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sudo pacman -S brother brother-hl cups cups-pdf hplip libcups system-config-printer

I recommend skipping the config files and web interface and using an alternative interface to CUPS, in this case, that’s system-config-printer.

You’ll need to create a new group, then add yourself to that group. Substitute logan with your username.

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sudo groupadd lpadmin
sudo usermod -aG lpadmin logan

Next, use emacs to edit the /etc/cups/cups-files.conf file to add the newly created group to the SystemGroup line.

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sudo emacs /etc/cups/cups-files.conf

Before...

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# Administrator user group, used to match @SYSTEM in cupsd.conf policy rules...
SystemGroup sys root

After...

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# Administrator user group, used to match @SYSTEM in cupsd.conf policy rules...
SystemGroup sys root lpadmin

Next, start the systemd service for CUPS.

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sudo systemctl enable org.cups.cupsd.service

Reboot your machine, since you changed your group membership and CUPS needs cycled.

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sudo reboot

Next, launch system-config-printer from the terminal then click on Add. If a login box appears, enter your username and password.

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On the left, select Network Printer, then Find Network Printer. On the right, enter the IP address of the printer and click Find.

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When the printer is found, you’ll need to choose a Connection from the box at the bottom. Choose the connection that best represents the driver pack you installed earlier and click Forward.

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Give the printer a name, description, and location, then click Apply.

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When the dialog box appears, print a test page and start praying to the printing gods that it comes out.

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