debian packages to install a network printer

ccc · 07-09-2013, 03:08 PM

hi

I have a really minimal Wheezy installation without any packages for printig.
Which debian packages should be installed to add a network printer Xerox WorkCentre 7428?

Kustom42 · 07-09-2013, 03:18 PM

cups

http://wiki.debian.org/SystemPrinting

Should already be there as apart of the minimal debian install.

ccc · 07-09-2013, 03:29 PM

Thx, but do I need samba client to add a network printer from ms windows print server?

Kustom42 · 07-09-2013, 03:34 PM

Yes.

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Debian-and...o_windows.html

ccc · 07-09-2013, 03:37 PM

Thx, but should I install cups or cups-client or both?

Kustom42 · 07-09-2013, 03:45 PM

I believe for samba you need to install the actual cups daemon(cups) and not just the cups-client package.

Here is a way you can figure it out:

Code:

dpkg -S /usr/lib/cups/backend/smb

apt-get install apt-file
apt-file update
apt-file search /usr/lib/cups/backend/smb

ccc · 07-10-2013, 05:56 AM

Thx a lot, but if I add a network printer using http://localhost:631/ where exactly these configurations are stored?