Setup printer in Arch Linux
 

I tried setting up my printer (HP Deskjet D4260) under Arch Linux, but with no success.

I tried following the page on printing in ArchWiki, and I tried playing around with it, but I just couldn't get it to work.

Can you tell he how to do this?

Regardless of the distro, I now always use web interface (localhost:631)

Does the installer find the printer?

Does it find one or more drivers?

Do you have HPLIP and GutenPrint installed?

The problem I was having before was that CUPS would fail to start manually, but I still left it installed and added cups to the DAEMONS array in rc.conf.

I just installed gutenprint and logged onto localhost:631, and it worked (must have started and boot time). I set up the printer there and it works!

BTW, what is gutenprint and is it required?

gutenprint is simply one of the many driver options. It does not seem to work with some Lasers, but I use it exclusively with my Epson inkjets. It now has head cleaning and testing built is and is --in many ways better than the Epson Windows drivers.