Cups

= Install and Configure the CUPS Printer Manager =

The following tutorial will show you how to install the CUPS printer manager on your ALT Linux desktop system, In this example, CUPS is being installed on the ALT Linux p9 version of GNUStep i586 Starter Pack. However, these instructions will work with other offerings from the ALT Linux Team.

To complete this process, you need to have an active connection to the Internet and the ALT Linux repositories.

Step 1
Launch a terminal session and log in to the Super User account:

su -

Step 2
Install the necessary CUPS packages from the ALT Linux Sisyphus repository:

apt-get install cups

Once you execute the apt-get command, you will be notified of a collection of software and libraries that will be required, along with CUPS. The result will look something like this:



Type Y and then press Enter to continue with the install.

Step 3
Now that CUPS is installed, you will most likely want to install relevant drivers for your printer(s). The drivers you will require will depend on the printer(s) you wish to use. As a good general selection of the most common printer drivers, install the gutenprint-cups module:

apt-get install gutenprint-cups

The result will look something like this:



Once again, answer by typing Y and then pressing Enter to complete the installation.

Step 4
Activate the CUPS print manager by launching it via the ALT Linux System Management Center, which can be found in your Applications menu under Configuration > Hardware > System Management Center

From the SMC Main Menu, select the System Services option under the System heading. From the list of system services, in the left-hand table, scroll down until you find cups. Click on it. You will see an interface like this:



In the Change state option, choose Start from the drop-down menu, check off the box next to Start on boot, then click the Apply button.

You can now close the SMC window.

Step 5
You can now access the CUPS configuration page, where you can configure your printer as required by launching SeaMonkey (or other web browser of your choice) and go to the URL: http://localhost:631.



Step 6 (for WindowMaker users)
You will notice a new entry in your Applications menu under ALT Linux > Configure > Hardware labelled "Manage Printing". This is supposed to start your SeaMonkey web browser and automatically take you to the CUPS configuration page. However, it doesn't work. To fix this so it does launch correctly, follow these steps:

From the command line, as Super User, edit the WindowMaker menu file with a text editor.

nano /usr/share/WindowMaker/menu



Scroll down to the line entry for the Manage Printing entry under "Hardware" MENU and adjust it. Change the line from

"Manage Printing" EXEC /usr/bin/xdg-open http://localhost:631/

to

"Manage Printing" EXEC /usr/bin/xdg-open localhost:631/

Save the file and now SeaMonkey will display the CUPS config page properly.