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To set up a CUPS server (that means, you have a locally-connected printer), perform the following steps:

Contents 1 Install CUPS 2 Start CUPS 3 Configure CUPS 4 See also

Install CUPS

Find out your distribution and install CUPS by its means, as described in Installing software.

Example With SUSE Linux, you install CUPS like this:

yast2 -i cups

Start CUPS

Start CUPS with the command

/etc/init.d/cups start

You can make this start persistent by configuring runlevels.

Configure CUPS

Point a web browser to http://localhost:631 and follow the GUI there.

The root username and password should be entered when a authorisation dialog appears.

See also

• Printing
• CUPS
• How to set up a CUPS client