Support #610
Updated by Daniel Curtis about 9 years ago
This is a guide for setting up a network shared printer on Arch linux using a Raspberry Pi 2. h2. Prepare the Environment * Make sure the system is up to date: <pre> pacman -Syu </pre> * Install cups, samba, and some dependencies: <pre> pacman -S cups ghostscript gsfonts samba </pre> * Add a few optional packages: <pre> pacman -S cups-pdf foomatic-db foomatic-db-engine foomatic-db-nonfree gutenprint </pre> * (Optional) Install Samsung Unified Driver: <pre> yaourt samsung-unified-driver </pre> *NOTE*: I needed to add armv7h to the PKGBUILD file * Start and enable cups at boot: <pre> systemctl enable org.cups.cupsd.service systemctl start org.cups.cupsd.service </pre> * (Optional) Connect to the web interface over ssh: <pre> ssh -L 6310:localhost:631 printer.example.com </pre> #* And connect to http://localhost:6310 in a web browser. h2. Resources * https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CUPS * https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CUPS_printer-specific_problems * https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CUPS_printer_sharing