How to setup printer

nix84 · 05-17-2018, 04:19 PM

Trying to setup printer. Brought up browser and entered http://localhost:631 but get error of unable to access page. Was on line.
I thought fedora came with CUPS installed. Is that even my problem?
What steps are needed? Can this be done off line?

Ztcoracat · 05-17-2018, 04:24 PM

You might want to include the make and model of the printer and if it's a usb connection or wireless.
The more information you can give the better we can assist you.-

frankbell · 05-17-2018, 08:29 PM

What does

Code:

whereis cups

return?

If it does not return something like this, cups needs to be installed.

Code:

$ whereis cups
cups: /usr/lib/cups /etc/cups /usr/share/cups /usr/share/man/man1/cups.1.gz

You may have to issue the command as root.

ferrari · 05-17-2018, 09:09 PM

Check that cupsd is running. Check the status with

Code:

systemctl status cups.service